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Report of the Trustees and
Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
(Unaudited)
for
My Cancer My Choices
(A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Charity number: 1162165
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**My Cancer My Choices Charity number: 1162165 (A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** **Contents of the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2024 (Unaudited)** |Contents|1| |---|---| |Charity Information|2| |Report of the Trustees|3 to 6| |Statement of Financial Activities|7| |Balance Sheet|8| |Notes to the Financial Statements|9 to 12| |Report of the Independent Examiner|13| Page 1 **My Cancer My Choices (A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** **Charity number: 1162165** **Charity information For the year ended 31 December 2024 (Unaudited)** |**Charity name:**|My Cancer My Choices|My Cancer My Choices| |---|---|---| |**Charity registration number:**|1162165|| |**Registered Office**|46 Old Bath Road|| ||Charvil|| ||Reading|| ||Berkshire|| ||RG10 9QR|| |**Trustees**|Ms Alison Grieve|_Chairman_| ||Mrs Amanda Barter|_Founder_| ||Dr Richard Brown|| ||Mr Robert Goddard|| ||Ms Lynn McLeish|| ||Dr Lindsey Barker|| ||Ms Anne Thomas|| ||Ms Emma Hogbin|| ||Mr Anthony Smith|_Treasurer_| |**Chief Executive Officer**|Ms Claire Rhodes|| |**Independent Examiner**|Nortons Assurance Limited|| ||Chartered Accountants|| ||Second Floor|| ||NOW Building|| ||Thames Valley Park|| ||Reading|| ||Berkshire|| ||RF6 1RB|| |**Bankers**|CAF Bank Limited|| ||25 Kings Hill Avenue|| ||Kings Hill|| ||West Malling|| ||Kent|| ||ME19 4JQ|| Page 2 **My Cancer My Choices (A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** **Charity number: 1162165** ## **Report of the Trustees For the year ended 31 December 2024 (Unaudited)** The Trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024. The Trustees confirm that their report and the financial statements of the charity comply with the current statutory requirements of the charity’s governing document and the provisions of the Charities Act 2011, Accounting and Reporting Standard applicable to charities preparing their accounts with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (FRS 102). ## **Reference and Administrative Information** The reference and administrative information is detailed on page 2. ## **Structure, Governance and Management** ## Governing document The organisation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered as a charity on 12 June 2015. The charity was established under a constitution which details the objects and powers of organisation and it is governed by the constitution. Recruitment and appointment of trustees and directors The Trustees who have served during the year and since the year end are listed on page 2 and below. Under the requirements of the constitution, the Trustees must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at Trustee meetings. Any person retiring as a charity Trustee is eligible for reappointment. A charity Trustee who has served for three consecutive terms may not be reappointed for a (fourth) consecutive term but may be reappointed after an interval of at least one year. The CEO is a paid employed position and the current incumbent started in June 2023 following public competition and stringent recruitment process and was appointed by the Trustees. The Trustees appoint the Chairman. Decisions are taken by a majority of Trustees present at quarterly meetings. The Chief Executive reports on all aspects of the charity’s operations and is responsible for keeping Trustees informed about charity and other relevant laws and procedures. The Trustees and Chief Executive attend relevant courses and seminars, to maintain the required skills for the proper governance and financial control of the charity. ## Trustee Induction and training New Trustees are provided with a copy of the charity's constitution and latest Annual Report and Statement of Accounts. Trustees are appointed based on their skills, knowledge and experience that are considered to be appropriate for the charity's activities. New Trustees undergo briefings on the vision of the charity, its charitable objectives, current activities and financial status and forecasts. They are provided with a copy of the Charity Commission, "The Essential Trustee" (CC3) document, and are required to sign our Code of Conduct. Trustees are supported by the Chair of Trustees on an ad-hoc basis for their role and responsibilities, introduced to all other trustees and committee members, and invited to all trustee meetings. ## **Trustees** Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out below. Dr Jane Barrett OBE (resigned 24 April 2024) Mrs Amanda Barter Dr Richard Brown Ms Alison Grieve Mrs Claire Grove (resigned 24 April 2024) Mr Robert Goddard Ms Lynn McLeish Mr Anthony Smith Dr Lindsey Barker Ms Emma Hogbin (appointed 22 January 2024) Ms Anne Thomas (appointed 22 April 2024) Page 3 **My Cancer My Choices** **Charity number: 1162165** **(A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** **Report of the Trustees - continued For the year ended 31 December 2024 (Unaudited)** ## **Objectives and Activities** ## Background This report covers the period from January 2024 to December 2024. The year on which we are reporting has been one of stabilising the charity following 18 months of significant change and transformation and starting to pursue the charity’s strategic growth plans. These include continuing to develop our face to face services in existing locations, starting to look for additional locations in Berkshire, continuing to run virtual services where appropriate and developing all our services including adding some new therapies and courses, while ensuring that our excellent relationships at all staff levels in the hospital were maintained. We continue to operate in our headquarters office and treatment centre in Charvil, (Wokingham), the Deanwood Therapy Centre in Newbury, the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine in Reading and Brants Bridge Healthspace in Bracknell. During the year we successfully provided Acupuncture, Reflexology, Oncology Massage, Reiki, Art Therapy, Aromatherapy, Mindfulness, Yoga and Scar Tissue Massage in our portfolio of services. Our objectives reflect the wide range of services we provide in giving choice to our patient which are shown below. In addition, further signposting and support was provided to the service users and their families, including provision of a lending library. ## Objectives The objectives of the charity are ‘For the public benefit, the relief and support of people with a diagnosis of cancer in Berkshire and surrounds and their carers, and where appropriate on-line throughout the UK by a) the provision of complementary therapies in acupuncture, art therapy, aromatherapy, reflexology, massage, reiki, and relaxation techniques; b) providing facilities for the practice of yoga, Tai Chi and mindfulness training and c) the provision of advice and information’. ## Activities The principal long term aim of the charity, and ongoing objectives of the Trustees, is now to offer complementary therapies to anyone in Berkshire who has recently been diagnosed with cancer, with a choice of ‘face to face’ services and to additionally provide a virtual on-line complementary therapy service in Mindfulness, Yoga and Art Therapy to people living with cancer in Berkshire and beyond, whilst continuing to develop Charvil as our dedicated centre of excellence for the service. We opened an additional treatment room at Charvil and have been able to offer additional treatments as a result. Our offering in 2024 to adults recently diagnosed with cancer and to their carers. They receive up to 6 free one-to-one complementary therapy sessions plus access to our courses and other support. ## Operations Claire Rhodes, our CEO, continues to develop the management, administration and governance of the charity. She manages a team of Therapies Manager, Service Delivery Manager, and Marketing and Communications Officer. The Therapies Manager manages our volunteer therapists, and oversees the safe delivery of the treatments, as well as any leading on the introduction of any new therapies. The Service Delivery Manager oversees the delivery of our service and the service user experience, including managing the volunteer admin and meeter greeter teams. The Marketing and Communications Officer creates the campaigns and events to increase awareness of the service as well as help bring more volunteers and donors to the charity and overseeing the brand, website and communications. We are currently recruiting an additional team member to support fundraising through building community and corporate links and plan to recruit a further team member to assist on trust and grant applications. With the support of our treasurer and governance staff from the Royal Berkshire Hospital, and some IT and clinical governance consultants, we are now more comfortable that our administration and governance is satisfactory, with Trustees informed about any risks we face. Led by the CEO and Trustees, the service is delivered by managers and volunteers. We continue to work closely with the Royal Berkshire Hospital, particularly the Berkshire Cancer Centre, and other charities of relevance in the support of cancer patients, and with those organisations that can help us to find and retain sufficient volunteers to develop the service. ## Fundraising Our fundraising group, some members of which have had some experience with cancer, either personally or in their families, have continued to work extremely hard and have generated enough money, together with some very generous donations to the charity, to fund our planned growth, manage the charity throughout the constraints of the cost of living crisis and increase our reserves sufficiently to be able to fund our services and their planned growth for the next two years. We owe them all a big debt for all this very successful work. ## Volunteers The charity was recognised this year with the receipt of the King's Award for Voluntary Service- the equivalent of an MBE for volunteers. A selection of volunteers attended the ceremony to receive the award at Windsor and we celebrated with all volunteers with a garden party at Charvil. This is a huge achievement for a charity which is so young and still in the early stages of its potential. It demonstrates the impact the charity is having on those people we serve and the capacity, capability and passion of the volunteers. The charity continues to be led and supported by willing volunteers in meeting its objectives and some of its administrative activity and the Trustees would like to take this opportunity to say how much they appreciate their continuing and valuable support. The Award is an amazing testament to our volunteers. We owe them a real debt of gratitude. The Trustees consider that no measurable value can be placed on their contribution for the purpose of our accounts but in practical terms, they are invaluable and the beating heart of what we do. ## **Achievements and Performance** Our valuable relationship, with the Directors of the Royal Berkshire Hospital and the consultant oncologists, clinical nurse specialists, management and administrative staff at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, has been maintained, with mutual support being evidenced on both sides. We have learned to manage and maintain those good relationships through various staff changes that have occurred in the Hospital and at the charity. The Hospital Trust continues to donate the use of rooms to deliver our services at the Bracknell Healthspace and to allow the charity to maintain a communication presence, for patients, there and at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. The Trust also continues to provide training of the therapists in the NHS ‘cancer pathway’, enabling the MCMC services to be tailored to patient need. As at the end of 2024 we have 67 registered volunteers including 29 volunteer therapists and 15 volunteers to meet and greet people who wish to access the service and help with administration. It is our objective to recruit 4 more therapists and meeter-greeters in the next financial year. In the year ending December 2024, we provided 1,205 therapies to 251 service users. This included 531 acupuncture appointments, 374 massage sessions (oncology, aromatherapy and scar work), 233 reflexology treatments, 26 reiki sessions and 42online art therapy appointments. We also ran 8 courses in mindfulness training and yoga. The service user feedback remains incredibly positive. We have a consistent pipeline of enquiries indicating that the demand for our services remains strong and our experience of the on-line services has shown that there is still demand for support online. We have carried out wellbeing assessments using the MyCaW tool for appointments at our HQ, and the overall results show an improvement in service users’ wellbeing over the period they are being treated. This feedback continues to confirm that there is a very big demand for the service and that, within the limits of our present resource, we are delivering an offering that effectively relieves pain and reduces side effects which are associated with some cancer treatments, while helping the service user come to terms with their illness, regain and maintain some control of their lives and improve their wellbeing. Page 4 **My Cancer My Choices** **Charity number: 1162165** **(A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** ## **Report of the Trustees - continued For the year ended 31 December 2024 (Unaudited)** ## **Future Plans** Our immediate plans are to continue to develop our services at Charvil and to fill more of the available face-to face therapy slots at our other sites, develop our service offerings and continue our search for new services that can improve the confidence and empowerment of our service users. It is our long term plan to increase services across Berkshire, delivered from at least two new centres including one in Henley and one in East Berkshire. Our biggest challenges are: 1. To strengthen our fundraising capability to ensure that we have the resources for the continuing growth in demand; 2. To finalise our growth in delivery sites by opening new treatment rooms in additional locations in 2025 3. Recruitment of volunteers is an ongoing challenge especially for therapists and “meeter-greeters”, against a background of the cost of living crisis. We are also looking for new people to join our fund-raising volunteer team. This is continuing to be a challenge to maintain the level of service as well as for future growth. ## Public benefit The Trustees confirm that they have complied with their duty under section 17 of the Charities Act 2011. They have considered the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission and believe they have followed it. ## **Financial Review** ## Going concern After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, for this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. ## Financial position Incoming resources for the year are £192,446 (2023: £150,289) and resources expended £194,942 (2023: £140,684), leaving an overall deficit for the year of £2,496 (2023: £9,605 surplus). Total reserves of £131,023 (2023: £113,384) are unrestricted. ## Reserves Policy It is the charity’s policy to retain reserves equivalent to 12 months normal expenditure to safeguard against significant loss of sources of income. This equates to c. £150,000. In addition, as a relatively new charity, which has had to find rental accommodation for much of its service delivery and still needs to extend its services to cover the whole of Berkshire and to expand its service offering, the Trustees have been building up sufficient funds of c. £170,000 per annum, which have been designated to grow the charity further over the next three years, increase the number of staff it employs (currently four) and funding its head office and treatment centre. This policy will be reviewed on a regular basis and the Trustees are confident about the financial stability of the charity. Page 5 **My Cancer My Choices Charity number: 1162165 (A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** **Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) For the year ended 31 December 2024 (Unaudited)** |**Notes**
**Income:**
Donations and legacies
**2**
**3**
Other activities
Investment income
**4**
**Total income**
**Expenditure:**
Fundraising and other activities
**5**
**6**
Support costs
**7**
**Governance costs**
**8**
**Total expenditure**
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
**17**
**Total funds carried forward**
_Income from other trading_
_activities:_
Cost of charitable activities
_Income from donations and_
_legacies:_
**_Expenditure on charitable_**
**_activities:_**
**Net income/(expenditure) and**
**net movement in funds for the**
**period**
**_Expenditure on raising funds:_**|**Y/E Dec-24**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
**72,855**
**87,925**
**4,218**|**Y/E Dec-24**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
**26,383**
**1,065**
**-**|**Y/E Dec-24**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
**99,238**
38,350
**88,990**
89,500
**4,218**
3,932|**Y/E Dec-23**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
18,507
-
-|**Y/E Dec-23**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
56,857
89,500
3,932| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**164,998**|**27,448**|**192,446**
**131,782**|**18,507**|**150,289**| ||**19,918**
**6,610**
**137,508**
**3,323**|**-**
**1,782**
**25,801**
**-**|**19,918**
16,681
**8,392**
6,511
**163,309**
89,783
**3,323**
2,656|-
2,586
22,467
-|16,681
9,097
112,250
2,656| ||**167,359**|**27,583**|**194,942**
**115,631**|**25,053**|**140,684**| ||**(2,361)**
**183,384**|**(135)**
**1,440**|**(2,496)**
16,151
**184,824**
167,233|(6,546)
7,986|9,605
175,219| ||**181,023**|**1,305**|**182,328**
**183,384**|**1,440**|**184,824**| The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses for the period. All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities. The notes form part of these financial statements Page 7 **My Cancer My Choices** **Charity number: 1162165** ## **(A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** **Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2024 (Unaudited)** ## **1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES** ## **Basis of accounting** The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the 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 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102). The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy. The Charity's functional and presentational currency is GBP and the financial statement have been rounded to the nearest £. ## **Fund accounting** Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Restricted funds are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions set out by the donor. See notes 17 and 18. ## **Incoming resources** - All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is entitled to the income and the amounts have been received. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income: • Donations and fundraising income are recognised in the accounts as and when receivable. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid is recognised at the time of the donation. - • Grant income is recognised in the accounts as and when receivable. Where entitlement occurs before income is received the income is accrued. • Investment income is credited to income when it is receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest being paid or being payable by the bank. ## **Resources expended** Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates: - Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them. - • Fundraising costs are those incurred in seeking voluntary contributions. • Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional requirements of the charity and include the accountants fees and costs linked to the strategic management of the charity. ## **Debtors** Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount offered. ## **Cash at Bank and in hand** - Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account. ## **Liabilities and provisions** Liabilities are recognised when there is an obligation at the balance sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably. Liabilities are recognised at the amount that the charity anticipates it will pay to settle the debt or the amount it has received in advanced payments for the goods or services it must provide. ## **Financial instruments** The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and are subsequently measured at their settlement value. ## **Taxation** The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains of S256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to charitable objects. No UK corporation tax charges have arisen in the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024 due to the charity's charitable status. ## **Operating leases** Operating leases are recognised over the period of which the lease falls due. Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are recognised on a straight line basis over the period of the lease. ## **Pensions** ## **Defined contribution pension plan** The Charity operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the Charity pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid, the Charity has no further payment obligations. The contributions are recognised as an expense in the Statement of Financial Activities when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the Balance Sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the Charity in independently administered funds. Page 9 **My Cancer My Choices** **Charity number: 1162165** **(A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued For the year ended 31 December 2024 (Unaudited)** ## **2 INCOME FROM DONATIONS AND LEGACIES** |Donations
Gift Aid
Grants
**3**
**INCOME FROM OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES**
Fundraising
**4 INVESTMENT INCOME**
Bank Interest Received
**5 EXPENDITURE ON RAISING FUNDS**
Fund raising costs
**6 CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS**
Therapy costs, training and supplies
**7 SUPPORT COSTS**
Telephone and fax
Wages
Subscriptions
Insurance
Office expenses
Sundry expenses
Premises expenses
Refurbishment costs
Marketing & Promotions|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**59,486**
**13,369**
**-**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**1,065**
**-**
**25,318**|**Total**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**60,551**
**13,369**
**25,318**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
29,949
8,401
-|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
**-**
**-**
18,507|**Total**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
29,949
8,401
18,507| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**72,855**|**26,383**|**99,238**|38,350|18,507|56,857| ||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**87,925**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**1,065**|**Total**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**88,990**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
89,500|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
-|**Total**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
89,500| ||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**4,218**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
-|**Total**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**4,218**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
3,932|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
-|**Total**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
3,932| ||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**19,918**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**-**|**Total**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**19,918**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
16,681|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
-|**Total**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
16,681| ||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**6,610**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**1,782**|**Total**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**8,392**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
6,511|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
2,586|**Total**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
9,097| ||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**4,461**
**92,264**
**992**
**713**
**5,015**
**8,952**
**8,212**
**12,835**
**4,064**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**285**
**9,991**
**66**
**48**
**334**
**597**
**548**
**13,661**
**271**|**Total**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**4,746**
**102,255**
**1,058**
**761**
**5,349**
**9,549**
**8,760**
**26,496**
**4,335**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
3,755
69,031
528
538
2,765
4,656
6,341
817
1,352|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
618
17,653
87
88
1,038
766
1,859
135
223|**Total**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
4,373
86,684
615
626
3,803
5,422
8,200
952
1,575| ||**137,508**|**25,801**|**163,309**|89,783|22,467|112,250| All support costs relate to charitable activities. |**8 GOVERNANCE COSTS**
Accountancy fees
Legal & professional fees|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**1,560**
**1,763**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**-**
**-**|**Total**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**1,560**
**1,763**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
1,440
1,216|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
**-**
**-**|**Total**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
1,440
1,216| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**3,323**|**-**|**3,323**|2,656|**-**|2,656| Page 10 **My Cancer My Choices** **Charity number: 1162165** **(A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued For the year ended 31 December 2024 (Unaudited)** ## **9 FEES FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE ACCOUNTS** |Independent examiner’s fees
**TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
During the year £nil (2023: £nil) of travelling expenses were reimbursed to any Trustee.
During the current and prior period, no Trustees received any remuneration.
During the current and prior period, no Trustees received any benefits in kind.|**Total**
**Total**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
**£**
1,560
1,440| |---|---| ## **10 TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS** ## **11 STAFF COSTS** |**STAFF COSTS**||| |---|---|---| |Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Pension
Administrative staff
The average number of employees during the period, calculated on the basis of full
time equivalents, was as follows:|**Total**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**97,690**
**1,746**
**2,819**|**Total**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
82,865
1,777
2,042| ||**102,255**|86,684| ||**5**|3| No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000. ## **12 PENSION COMMITMENTS** The Charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Charity in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the Charity to the fund and amounted to £2,819 (2023: £2,042). ## **13 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS** During the period the Trustees did not consider there to be any related party transactions, other than the matters within note 10. ## **14 DEBTORS** |Prepayments and accrued income
**15**
Other creditors
Accrued expenses
**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**|**Total**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**2,965**|**Total**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
7,988| |---|---|---| ||**Total**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**14,985**
**2,584**|**Total**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
12,323
2,140| ||**17,569**|14,463| ## **16 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN RESERVES** |Current assets
Current liabilities|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**198,592**
**(17,569)**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**1,305**
**-**|**Total**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**199,897**
**(17,569)**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
197,847
(14,463)|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
1,440
0|**Total**
**Funds**
**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
199,287
(14,463)| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**181,023**|**1,305**|**182,328**|183,384|1,440|184,824| Page 11 **My Cancer My Choices** **Charity number: 1162165** **(A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued For the year ended 31 December 2024 (Unaudited)** ## **17 MOVEMENT IN FUNDS** |Unrestricted funds
Designated funds
Restricted funds
Total funds
Unrestricted funds
Designated funds
Restricted funds
Total funds|**As at 1**
**January 2024**
**£**
113,384
70,000
1,440|**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
164,998
-
27,448|**Outgoing**
**resources**
**£**
(167,359)
-
(27,583)|**Transfers**
**£**
20,000
(20,000)
-|**As at 31**
**December 2024**
**£**
**131,023**
**50,000**
**1,305**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**184,824**|**192,446**|**(194,942)**|**-**|**182,328**| ||**As at 1**
**January 2023**
**£**
167,233
-
7,986|**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
131,782
-
18,507|**Outgoing**
**resources**
**£**
(115,631)
-
(25,053)|**Transfers**
**£**
(70,000)
70,000
-|**As at 31**
**December 2023**
**£**
**113,384**
**70,000**
**1,440**| ||**175,219**|**150,289**|**(140,684)**|**-**|**184,824**| ||||||| ## **Purpose of Designated Funds** The Trustees have designated funds for the future refurbishment and fit-out of new treatment rooms and meeting rooms at various locations £40,000 and the set up of a new CRM systems £20,000, during the year £20,000 was utilised for new treatment rooms. ## **18 Restricted funds** |Balance at 1 January 2024
Incoming resources - grants
Outgoing resources - cost of charitable activities and support costs
Balance at 31 December 2024
**Restricted funds (continued)**
Balance at 1 January 2024
Incoming resources - grants
Balance at 31 December 2024
Outgoing resources - cost of|**Greenham**
**Grant**
**£**
-
10,732
(10,732)|**Berkshire**
**Community**
**Foundation**
**£**
-
5,000
(5,000)|**Corinne Burton**
**Memorial Trust**
**£**
-
2,400
(2,400)|**Axian & Vinci**
**Foundation**
**£**
-
7,005
(7,005)| |---|---|---|---|---| ||-|-|-|-| ||**FSP**
**Foundation**
**£**
1,440
-
(135)|**Hamilton**
**Scott Trust**
**£**
-
2,000
(2,000)|**Charvil**
**Parish Council**
**£**
-
311
(311)|**Total**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
1,440
27,448
(27,583)| ||1,305|-|-|1,305| ## **19 OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS** At 31 December 2024 the total of the Charity's future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating lease was: |**Amounts payable**
Within 1 year
Between 1 and 5 years|**Y/E Dec-24**
**£**
**4,200**
**1,750**|**Y/E Dec-23**
**£**
4,200
5,950| |---|---|---| ||**5,950**|10,150| Page 12 ## **My Cancer My Choices** ## **(A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** ## **Report of the Independent Examiner to the Trustees of** ## **My Cancer My Choices** I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of My Cancer My Choices (the Charity) for the year ended 31 December 2024 which are set out on pages 7 to 12. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the Trustees of the Charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act'). I report in respect of my examination of the Charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charities Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** I have completed my examination. I 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: - accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by Section 130 of the Act; or - the accounts did not accord with those records or: - the accounts did 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. - to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. I 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 reached. ## **Anthony Campbell FCA** Nortons Assurance Limited Chartered Accountants Second Floor Now Building Thames Valley Park Reading Berkshire RG6 1RB 18 August 2025 Date: ............................................. Page 13