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2024-10-24-accounts

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/
members of
On accounts for the year
ended
Set out on pages		 Charity Name
The Paul Cottingham Trust		 Charity Name
The Paul Cottingham Trust		 Charity Name
The Paul Cottingham Trust
24/10/2024 Charity no
(if any)		 1165753
2-3
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 24/10/2024.

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity 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 which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed:
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Address:		 Mark Taylor 04 May 2025
Mark Taylor
FCA
HW Fisher Professional Services Limited
Acre House, 11-1 William Road
London, NW1 3ER

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IER

The Paul Cottingham Trust 1165753

Receipts and payments accounts

CC16a

For the period 25/10/2023 24/10/2024 To from

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £		 Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest £		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest £		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £		 Total funds
to the nearest £		 Total funds
to the nearest £		 Last year
to the nearest £
Donations 77,950 - 77,950 28,951
Gift Aid 7,816 - - 7,816 5,140
Interest 1,148 - - 1,148 385
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)		 86,914 - - 86,914 34,476
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
-
- -
Sub total - -
Total receipts
A3 Payments
34,476
Grants 46,600 45,472
Independent examination fees 1,236 1,230
Website expense 370
Event expense 1,935 -
- -
- -
- -
- -
**Sub total ** 49,771 47,072
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
-
-
**Sub total ** - -
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
47,072
37,143 - - 37,143 - 12,596
- **- **
- - -
51,787 - - 51,787 64,383
88,930 - - 88,930 51,787

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

29/04/2025

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities		 (agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Details
Current Acoount
Deposit Account
Total cash funds
Details		 Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
501
88,429
-
88,930
OK
Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £		 Restricted
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
OK
Restricted
funds
to nearest £		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
Details Fund to which
asset belongs		 Cost (optional) Current value
(optional)
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Details
Details
Signature		 Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Print Name
Lord Michael Cashman CBE		 Current value
(optional)
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
When due
(optional)
Date of
approval
Lord Michael Cashman CBE 02 May 2025

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

29/04/2025

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 25 October 2023 To 24 October 2024

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name The Paul Cottingham Trust

Other names charity is known by Paul’s Trust Registered charity number (if any) 1165753

Charity's principal address Flat 4 94 Narrow Street London Postcode E14 8BP

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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19		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
year		 Name of person (or body)
entitled to appoint trustee (if
any)
Lord Michael
Cashman CBE
Vanessa Bowcock
Jane Hogarth
Rebecca Wheatley
Thomas Corcoran
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year

TAR

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser
Name
Address
Independent Examiner Mark Taylor HW Fisher Professional Services Limited, Acre House,
11-15 William Road, London, NW1 3ER

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

Trust Deed

How the charity is constituted

Trust

Trustee selection methods

By existing trustees

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

During the year charity received donation of £20,000 from the trustee Michael Cashman (2023: £10,000).

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Section C Objectives and activities

(a) For the public benefit, the promotion of equality and diversity on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity, through the awarding of grants to organisations (including charitable organisations) within England and wales who are: (i) Working to eliminate discrimination and inequality on the basis of an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity; (ii) advancing education and raising awareness of issues relating to sexual orientation or gender identity, and discrimination in connection thereof; (iii) Promoting activities to foster an understanding in relation to issues surrounding sexual orientation or gender identity; (iv) conducting or commissioning research on equality or diversity in Summary of the objects of the relation to issues surrounding sexual orientation or gender identity, and charity set out in its publishing the results to the public; and governing document (v) Cultivating a sentiment in favour of equality and diversity in relation to persons who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex. (b) For the public benefit, the advancement of health and the saving of person's lives, through the awarding of grants to organizations (including charitable organizations) within England and Wales who are conducting or commissioning research into the treatment and eradication of cancers, including (but not limited to) angiosarcoma. (c) For the public benefit, the relief of poverty, through the awarding of grants to persons (and organizations, including charitable organizations, working with such persons) within England and Wales who themselves (or whose families) are facing financial or other hardship during their treatment resulting from a diagnosis of cancer, including (but not limited to) angiosarcoma.

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As a small charity, the trustees prefers to operate below the radar and to get on with work that can make a real difference to so many, especially as charity are witnessing greater intolerance, repression, and hardship here and across the world. The charity takes great care considering where they believe their funds will have maximum impact.

Projects and issues that the charity have focussed on and supported are;

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)

LGBTQI refugees and asylum seekers through Micro Rainbow who offer help and accommodation throughout the year in their hostels in the UK. The charity also supported Neighbours in Poplar’s outreach work in Calais.

LGBTQI homelessness; The Albert Kennedy Trust are tireless in supporting LGBTQI homeless people (over 25% of youth homeless are LGBT+) and the charity were delighted to award them a grant for their Christmas appeal.

The Trustees are aware of the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit and have borne this in mind when making grants during the year.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

The Trustees consider each application in accordance with the stated objectives of the Trust and mindful of the limited financial resources the Trust narrow their focus in the early years to Diversity and Inclusion and its wider social realm.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Establishing the Trust with key stakeholders in the Charitable Sector and securing a strong financial basis.

Inclusive mental health support for LGBTQI people with the grant to Rainbow Mind . They have reached over 400 LGBTQI people through therapy, psychoeducational connect sessions, Radical Self-Care courses and workshops.

Samaritans (Leicester) and their LGBTQI+ focused work.

Leicester LGBT+ Centre is a vibrant and inclusive space dedicated to celebrating diversity, fostering community, and providing support to LGBT+ individuals in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland.

Raising Health , awareness raising campaign in the workplace with rainbow lanyards.

Outpatients is the UK’s only LGBTQI+ cancer charity, proudly led by and for LGBTIQ+ people affected by cancer and work hard to support and advocate for the community. They advise and support national health bodies to write inclusive policy, strategy, best practice guidelines and campaigns. They work closely with LGBTIQ cancer charities to create a holistic approach to improving the LGBTQI’s community's care and represent LGBTQI voices and experiences in national government and NHS meetings, working in the UK and beyond to make sure no-one is left behind.

Cancer diagnosis and treatment can be overwhelming, so charity is continuing their work with Sarcoma UK with a three-year commitment to their services, supporting and advising individuals and their families affected by these rare cancers.

The charity is proud to have established the Paul Cottingham PhD Scholarship at the University of Brighton . The scholarship will provide a talented researcher with financial support and access to world-class resources to develop a project focusing on trans and non-binary inclusion within the broad remit of supporting health, wellbeing, and dignity in health and social care. It will be awarded to a candidate who is committed to making a difference to the wider trans community and will provide a unique opportunity for in-depth research that can explore the issues and opportunities for trans people.

The trustees tribute to three of their great friends who sadly died; the irreplaceable and unforgettable (Baroness) Glenys Kinnock, Paul O’Grady and (Baroness) Margaret McDonagh. In their memory the charity have supported Together in Dementia and University College Hospital work on Glioblastoma.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The Charity is in the early stages of its development and has not yet defined its reserves policy but this is under constant review

Details of any funds materially N/A in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

The charity’s principal source of funds is donations.

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)

Full name(s) Lord Michael Cashman CBE

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Trustee etc)

Date 02 May 2025

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Issuer

HW Fisher

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