## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] November 2023 Period start date To 31[st] October 2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Sam’s Gift** ## **Charity registration number: 1163967** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide ‘Journey Boxes’ for**
**teenagers and young adults diagnosed**
**with cancer. The trustees do not have**
**direct contact with recipients of the**
**boxes. The nurses at the hospital hand**
**out and discuss the boxes with their**
**patients**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The charity holds fundraising events**
**which include football match, charity**
**ball, sponsored events and music**
**events to raise funds to purchase the**
**contents of the boxes. The trustees and**
**volunteers put together the journal**
**contained in the box as well as the**
**packing of the finished box. The**
**trustees deliver the finished boxes to**
**the hospital.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees have regard for the guidance**
**issued by Charities Commission**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Do not have one at this time, have not**
**claimed any grants.**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We have volunteers who help to make**
**up the ‘Journey Boxes’ when required.**
**These volunteers also help at**
**fundraising events throughout the year.**
**There are also volunteers who raise**
**funds by organising their own**
**sponsored events including a business.**| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The ‘Journey Boxes’ are donated mainly**
**to the Christie in Manchester and some**
**to the TYA at Sheffield Hospital where**
**key nurses give them to children and**
**young adults diagnosed with cancer.**
**The contents are explained by the**
**nurses and the boxes can be used as**
**the patient wishes which help them**
**through their journey and treatment of**
**cancer.**
**We also provide some of the boxes to**
**the Supportive care unit for patients**
**who prognosis is not good and who**
**have young families.**
**We are also contacted by individuals**
**with a loved one suffering with cancer**
**who request a box. These are collected**
**by the person who has requested the**
**box or sent by post to the recipient.**
**The boxes are helping the young people**
**emotionally, to get through a difficult**
**time in their lives. It can also benefit the**
**family of the young adult diagnosed.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**We do still aim to reach more hospitals**
**in the future but this is our ongoing aim.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Our fundraising events have been more**
**difficult to achieve the required amount**
**to say they are completely successful.**
**Whilst raising some funds, in relation to**
**time and effort have proved more**
**difficult especially with rising costs. We**
**may need to rethink our fundraising**
**events in the future as well as looking**
**for sponsors.**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Total funds at 31/10/24£77,609**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Part of the boxes are a piece of**
**fingerprint jewellery which may not be**
**claimed immediately and depending on**
**the form of jewellery they choose varies**
**in cost.**
**We also wish to reach hospitals other**
**than the Christie who care for Teenagers**
**and Young Adults with Cancer and need**
**to hold enough funds to start this.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Fundraising events include a charity**
**football match, Charity Ball, sponsored**
**events, charitable donations.**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Small board of trustees able to elect**
**appointment of other trustees**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Sam’s Gift| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1163967| |Charity’s principal address|74 Church Street,
Ainsworth,
Bolton
BL2 5RS| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Susan Nicholls|Chair||| ||Sharon Cleary|||| ||Thomas Nicholls|||| ||Daniel Nicholls|||| ## **Declarations** ## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|S. A. Nicholls|| |---|---|---| |||| ||Susan Anne Nicholls|| |||| ||Chair|| ||29/07/2025|| ||29/07/2025|| **REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: CE004554 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1163967** Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 for Sam's Gif Anthony Marshall Ltd Chartered Accountants 70 Market Street Tottington Bury Greater Manchester BL8 3LJ Sam's Gif Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 ||Page| |---|---| |Report of the Trustees|1| |Independent Examiner's Report|2| |Statement of Financial Actvites|3| |Balance Sheet|4| |Notes to the Financial Statements|5 to 8| |Detailed Statement of Financial Actvites|9| Sam's Gif for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 ## Report of the Trustees The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 October 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: 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 2019). ## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document** The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006. ## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS** **Registered Company number** CE004554 (England and Wales) **Registered Charity number** 1163967 **Registered office** 74 Church Street Ainsworth Bolton BL2 5RS **Trustees** D Nicholls T Nicholls S Cleary S Nicholls **Independent Examiner** Anthony Marshall Ltd Chartered Accountants 70 Market Street Tottington Bury Greater Manchester BL8 3LJ Approved by order of the board of trustees on 19 June 2025 and signed on its behalf by: S Nicholls - Trustee Page 1 Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Sam's Gif ## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Sam's Gift ('the Company')** I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 October 2024. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act'). Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or 4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)). 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. A Marshall ACA Anthony Marshall Ltd Chartered Accountants 70 Market Street Tottington Bury Greater Manchester BL8 3LJ 19 June 2025 Page 2 ## Sam's Gif ## Statement of Financial Actvites for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 |||31.10.24|31.10.23| |---|---|---|---| |||Unrestricted|Total| |||fund|funds| ||Notes|£|£| |**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**|||| |Donatons and legacies||43,225|32,326| |**EXPENDITURE ON**|||| |Raising funds|2|39,101|44,756| |**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**||4,124|(12,430)| |**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**|||| |Total funds brought forward||73,485|85,915| |**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**||77,609|73,485| The notes form part of these financial statements Page 3 ## Sam's Gif ## Balance Sheet ## 31 October 2024 |||31.10.24|31.10.23| |---|---|---|---| |||Unrestricted|Total| |||fund|funds| ||Notes|£|£| |**CURRENT ASSETS**|||| |Cash at bank||79,559|74,445| |**CREDITORS**|||| |Amounts falling due within one year|5|(1,950)|(960)| |**NET CURRENT ASSETS**||77,609|73,485| |**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**||77,609|73,485| |**NET ASSETS**||77,609|73,485| |**FUNDS**|6||| |Unrestricted funds||77,609|73,485| |**TOTAL FUNDS**||77,609|73,485| The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 October 2024. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 October 2023 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for - (a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and - (b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime. The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 19 June 2025 and were signed on its behalf by: S Nicholls - Trustee The notes form part of these financial statements Page 4 Sam's Gif Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 ## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** ## **Basis of preparing the financial statements** The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: 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 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. ## **Income** All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. ## **Expenditure** Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. ## **Taxation** The charity is exempt from corporation 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. Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements. ## **2. RAISING FUNDS** |**Raising donatons and legacies**||| |---|---|---| ||31.10.24|31.10.23| ||£|£| |Support costs|6,481|3,393| continued... Page 5 Sam's Gif ## Notes to the Financial Statements - contnued for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 ## **3. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS** There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 October 2024 nor for the year ended 31 October 2023. ## **Trustees' expenses** There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 October 2024 nor for the year ended 31 October 2023. ## **4. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** |**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donatons and legacies
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Raising funds
**NET INCOME**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
**5.**
**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
Accruals and deferred income
**6.**
**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Unrestricted
fund
£
32,326
44,756
(12,430)
85,915
73,485
31.10.24
31.10.23
£
£
1,950
960
Net
At
movement
At
1.11.23
in funds
31.10.24
£
£
£
73,485
4,124
77,609
73,485
4,124
77,609| |---|---| continued... Page 6 Sam's Gif ## Notes to the Financial Statements - contnued for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 ## **6. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued** Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: ||Incoming|Resources|Movement| |---|---|---|---| ||resources|expended|in funds| ||£|£|£| |**Unrestricted funds**|||| |General fund|43,225|(39,101)|4,124| |**TOTAL FUNDS**|43,225|(39,101)|4,124| ## **Comparatives for movement in funds** |**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Net
At
movement
At
1.11.22
in funds
31.10.23
£
£
£
85,915
(12,430)
73,485
85,915
(12,430)
73,485| |---|---| Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: ||Incoming|Resources|Movement| |---|---|---|---| ||resources|expended|in funds| ||£|£|£| |**Unrestricted funds**|||| |General fund|32,326|44,756|(12,430)| |**TOTAL FUNDS**|32,326|44,756|(12,430)| A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows: |**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Net
At
movement
At
1.11.22
in funds
31.10.24
£
£
£
85,915
(8,306)
77,609
85,915
(8,306)
77,609| |---|---| continued... Page 7 Sam's Gif ## Notes to the Financial Statements - contnued for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 ## **6. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued** A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: ||Incoming|Resources|Movement| |---|---|---|---| ||resources|expended|in funds| ||£|£|£| |**Unrestricted funds**|||| |General fund|75,551|(83,857)|(8,306)| |**TOTAL FUNDS**|75,551|(83,857)|(8,306)| ## **7. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES** There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 October 2024. Page 8 ## Sam's Gif |**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**
**Donatons and legacies**
Donatons
**Total incoming resources**
**EXPENDITURE**
**Other trading actvites**
Purchases for journey boxes
Purchases for events
**Support costs**
**Management**
Computer costs
Postage and statonery
Advertsing
Donatons made
**Finance**
Bank charges
**Governance costs**
Accountancy fees
Total resources expended
**Net income/(expenditure)**|Detailed Statement of Financial Actvites
for the Year Ended 31 October 2024
31.10.24
31.10.23
£
£
43,225
32,326
43,225
32,326
11,623
2,047
20,997
39,316
32,620
41,363
60
101
1,441
2,500
-
-
1,428
2,271
5,429
2,372
62
61
990
960
39,101
44,756
4,124
(12,430)| |---|---| ||| This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements Page 9 ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] November 2023 Period start date To 31[st] October 2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Sam’s Gift** ## **Charity registration number: 1163967** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide ‘Journey Boxes’ for**
**teenagers and young adults diagnosed**
**with cancer. The trustees do not have**
**direct contact with recipients of the**
**boxes. The nurses at the hospital hand**
**out and discuss the boxes with their**
**patients**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The charity holds fundraising events**
**which include football match, charity**
**ball, sponsored events and music**
**events to raise funds to purchase the**
**contents of the boxes. The trustees and**
**volunteers put together the journal**
**contained in the box as well as the**
**packing of the finished box. The**
**trustees deliver the finished boxes to**
**the hospital.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees have regard for the guidance**
**issued by Charities Commission**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Do not have one at this time, have not**
**claimed any grants.**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We have volunteers who help to make**
**up the ‘Journey Boxes’ when required.**
**These volunteers also help at**
**fundraising events throughout the year.**
**There are also volunteers who raise**
**funds by organising their own**
**sponsored events including a business.**| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The ‘Journey Boxes’ are donated mainly**
**to the Christie in Manchester and some**
**to the TYA at Sheffield Hospital where**
**key nurses give them to children and**
**young adults diagnosed with cancer.**
**The contents are explained by the**
**nurses and the boxes can be used as**
**the patient wishes which help them**
**through their journey and treatment of**
**cancer.**
**We also provide some of the boxes to**
**the Supportive care unit for patients**
**who prognosis is not good and who**
**have young families.**
**We are also contacted by individuals**
**with a loved one suffering with cancer**
**who request a box. These are collected**
**by the person who has requested the**
**box or sent by post to the recipient.**
**The boxes are helping the young people**
**emotionally, to get through a difficult**
**time in their lives. It can also benefit the**
**family of the young adult diagnosed.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**We do still aim to reach more hospitals**
**in the future but this is our ongoing aim.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Our fundraising events have been more**
**difficult to achieve the required amount**
**to say they are completely successful.**
**Whilst raising some funds, in relation to**
**time and effort have proved more**
**difficult especially with rising costs. We**
**may need to rethink our fundraising**
**events in the future as well as looking**
**for sponsors.**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Total funds at 31/10/24£77,609**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Part of the boxes are a piece of**
**fingerprint jewellery which may not be**
**claimed immediately and depending on**
**the form of jewellery they choose varies**
**in cost.**
**We also wish to reach hospitals other**
**than the Christie who care for Teenagers**
**and Young Adults with Cancer and need**
**to hold enough funds to start this.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Fundraising events include a charity**
**football match, Charity Ball, sponsored**
**events, charitable donations.**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Small board of trustees able to elect**
**appointment of other trustees**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Sam’s Gift| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1163967| |Charity’s principal address|74 Church Street,
Ainsworth,
Bolton
BL2 5RS| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Susan Nicholls|Chair||| ||Sharon Cleary|||| ||Thomas Nicholls|||| ||Daniel Nicholls|||| ## **Declarations** ## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|S. A. Nicholls|| |---|---|---| |||| ||Susan Anne Nicholls|| |||| ||Chair|| ||29/07/2025|| ||29/07/2025||