**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 1 12 2020 30 11 2021 **From To** 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** MY SHINING STAR CHILDRENS CANCER CHARITY **Other names charity is known by** MY SHINING STAR **Registered charity number (if any)** 1170482 **Charity's principal address** 9A HIGH STREET RAINHAM KENT **Postcode ME8 7HX** 

**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

||1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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|||ANITA MARINELLI||2016 TO DATE|ANITA MARINELLI|
|||GEMMA JUSTICE||2016 TO DATE||
|||DEAN JOHNSON||2019 TO DATE||
|||MICHELLE JONES||2019 TO DATE||
|||MARGARET<br>STANLEY||2019 TO DATE||
|||ESTELLE<br>THOMPSON||2019 TO DATE||
|||HEATHER O<br>KEEFFE||2020 TO DATE||
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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)**||
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|**Section B**|**Structure,**|**governance and management**||



## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Our trustees are selected by their passion and dedication to the world of Trustee selection methods childhood cancer. They are chosen based on hours dedicated to the (eg. appointed by, elected by) cause, skills that they can individually bring and on a position of trust. 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

- We have an in house trustee policy which all trustees read, sign and 

- You **may choose** to include adhere to at all times. The charity seeks regular guidance from the Charity 

- additional information, where Commission to make sure that guidance and advice is up to date, 

- relevant, about: particularly on public benefit. 

- • policies and procedures adopted for the induction and All trustees at the charity are of no relation to each other, for transparency. training of trustees; The board consists of: 

- • the charity’s organisational structure and any wider Anita Marinelli (Founder, CEO, Trustee) network with which the charity Gemma Justice (Founding Trustee) works; Dean Johnson (Trustee) 

- • relationship with any related Heather O’Keeffe (Trustee) parties; All major decisions such as grant making are put to the board regularly. 

- • t rustees’ consideration of Smaller decisions such as counsel are extended to wider trustees. The major risks and the system CEO has the final decision when trustees do not agree. However, this has and procedures to manage never happened to date – the founder feels quite strongly that is important them. to come to a harmonious decision with its beneficiaries at the heart of everything we do. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

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|**Summary of the objects of the**<br>**charity set out in its**<br>**governing document**<br>**Summary of the main**<br>**activities undertaken for the**<br>**public benefit in relation to**<br>**these objects (include within**<br>**this section the statutory**<br>**declaration that trustees have**<br>**had regard to the guidance**<br>**issued by the Charity**<br>**Commission on public**<br>**benefit)**|For the benefit, relief and assistance of the public- specifically families in<br>need of support when their children are diagnosed with cancer. This can<br>be any part of the UK only who require advice, support, financial aid.<br>Specifically, but not limited to medical expenses (equipment), housing<br>support, travel expenses, clothing, appliances, transport costs, hospital<br>parking, food, therapy and mental health support. All of the above that<br>arise as a direct impact of their child’s diagnosis.|
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||We extended our therapy sessions to support families by obtaining a<br>grant from the National Lottery (£10,950)<br>The charity issued grants to the value of £24,466. Due to lockdown and<br>the distinct lack of fundraising events being able to take place, we had to<br>proceed with caution. This was to ensure the longevity of the charity<br>through such a difficult period.<br>Grants were made to support practical equipment such as pushchairs,<br>medical equipment not available on the NHS, help with travel expenses,<br>food, utilities, clothing, therapy, sibling support, promoting mental health<br>and small treats.<br>Our Christmas hospital visits were replaced by gifts and practical items<br>sent remotely. This included vouchers, hampers, afternoon teas, toys,<br>toiletries. The charity had a wishlist whuch meant that people could<br>donate, we could then store the items for a period of time to quarantine<br>them and then forward on.<br>We switched to online fundraising and tried our best to reduce our<br>already small office costs.<br>The charity income for the year was £124,086|



## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

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

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

## Section D                      Achievements and performance 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

The charity has reserves of £40.000 at all times. 

## **Brief statement of the** 

**charity’s policy on reserves** 

**Details of any funds materially** No deficits to recall. **in deficit** 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

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

Much of our funds are raised via our large social media following and businesses getting in touch to raise funds as a result of the work they see us do. 

- the chari ty’s principal We continued to use our connections for children to be supported with sources of funds (including positive messages and encouragement from players in the Premier any fundraising); League to raise their spirits. 

- • how expenditure has We are extremely proud of the year we have had considering so many 

- supported the key objectives difficulties that the world has faced and have learned to adapt to the 

- of the charity; many obstacles the charity has faced, 

- • investment policy and objectives including any Compared to last years charity accounts which were £76,019, we ethical investment policy successfully navigated covid and brought the charity income forward by adopted. almost £50,000. We believe this is testament to our passion for the cause and our willingness to adapt to any situation. 

## **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)**A MARINELLI<br>G JUSTICE<br>**Full name(s)**ANITA MARINELLI<br>GEMMA JUSTICE<br>**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**<br>**etc)**<br>FOUNDER/TRUSTEE<br>TRUSTEE/BOARD MEMBER<br>**Date**  13.09.2022|A MARINELLI|A MARINELLI|G JUSTICE|G JUSTICE||
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||||GEMMA JUSTICE|||
|||<br>FOUNDER/TRUSTEE||TRUSTEE/BOARD MEMBER||
|||13.09.2022||||
|||13.09.2022||||



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**My Shining Star** 

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## **Recei ts and a ments accou p p y** 

**For the period** 01/12/2020 **To from** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

**Unrestricted funds** 

## **Restricted funds** 

**Endowment funds** 

**to the nearest      £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**66,374**<br>**42,457**<br>**2,950**<br>**1,355**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**113,136**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**113,136**<br>**24,466**<br>**4,293**<br>**21,760**<br>**36,720**<br>**1,197**<br>**1,425**<br>**1,263**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **91,124**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**10,950**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**10,950**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**10,950**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||
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|Donations Banked|**66,374**||**-**|
|Donations via Just Giving/Facebook|**42,457**||**-**|
|Grants|**2,950**||**-**|
|Fundraisingevents|**1,355**||**-**|
|Vat reclaimed|**-**||**-**|
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||**-**||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**113,136**||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||
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|<br>Grants and Giftgiven|**24,466**|**-**|**-**|
|Fundraisingand Merchandise|**4,293**|**-**|**-**|
|Office Runningcosts|**21,760**|**-**|**-**|
|Organisers wages and expenses|**36,720**|**-**|**-**|
|Advertising& Website|**1,197**|**-**|**-**|
|Professional Fees|**1,425**|**-**|**-**|
|SundryExpenses|**1,263**|**-**|**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**91,124**|**-**|**-**|



|**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||
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|**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||
||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||
||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**|||**-**||
|**_Total payments_**|**91,124**|||**-**|||**-**||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**22,012**|||**10,950**|||**-**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**|||**-**|||**-**||
|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**|1<br>**56,927**|||**-**|||14/09/2022<br>**-**||





_**Cash funds this year end**_ **78,939 10,950 -** 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the perio** 

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|**B1**|**Cash funds**|Bank Balance|||**78,939**|
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||||**_Total cash funds_**||**78,939**|



|**_Total cash funds_**||**78,939**|
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|(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))||OK|
|||**Unrestricted**|
|||**funds**|
|**Details**||**to nearest £**|
|Rent deposit and prepayment||**4,580**|
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**B2 Other monetary assets** 

## **Details** 

**Fund to which asset belongs** 

## **B3 Investment assets** 

**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** 

## **B5 Liabilities** 

|**Details**<br>Office furniture and equipment|**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**|
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|Office furniture and equipment|unrestricted funds|
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**174082** 

**unts CC16a** 30/11/2021 

## **Total funds Last year** 

## **to the nearest £ to the nearest £** 

|**66,374**||**35,551**|
|---|---|---|
|**42,457**||**39,817**|
|**13,900**||**-**|
|**1,355**||**651**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**124,086**||**76,019**|



|**-**|||
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|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**124,086**||**76,019**|



|**24,466**||**19,137**|
|---|---|---|
|**4,293**||**2,464**|
|**21,760**||**18,745**|
|**36,720**||**17,141**|
|**1,197**||**598**|
|**1,425**||**925**|
|**1,263**||**365**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**91,124**||**59,376**|



|**-**|||
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|**-**|||
|**-**||**-**|
|**91,124**||**59,376**|
|**32,962**||**16,643**|
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|5<br>**56,927**||**29,333**|
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**89,889 45,976** 

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## **od** 

|**od**||
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|**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**10,950**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**10,950**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|**10,950**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**10,950**|**-**|



|OK<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|OK|
|---|---|
||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|



|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|---|---|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|



|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|---|---|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|



**Amount due When due (optional) (optional) - -** 7 

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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
dependent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Exarniner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
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charity C'the Trusfl for the year ended 30111 | 2 1
Responslbllllles and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the aGGounts in acGordance wÉth the requirements of the Charitieg Act
2011 {'the A¢t'l.
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carrted out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145151(b) of the Act!
I have completed my examination! I confimi that no material matters have
come to my attention I
') in connection with
the examination which gives me'cause to believe that in, any material
respect..
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examinevs statament
I have no concerns and have comb across no other matters in connedion
with Ihe examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the acc(iunts to be reached.
Please del8le the words in theib,
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Date:
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Section B
Disclosure
Only ¢omplete if the examiner needs.to highlight matters of concern (see CC32,
Independent examination of chaTTty accounts.. directions and guidance for
examinersl-
Glve here brfef detsll$ of
any items that the
examlner wishes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES
MY5HINING STAA
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For the perfod
from
0111212020
30IIV2021
Section A Receipts and payments
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fund$
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funds
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Ounation5 banked
658
35,551
DOna￿On5 lust GlvlndFKebook
Grant5
Fundralsing Events
Other Recelpt5
42.497
41467
38￿17
2.950
1.355
697
10,950
13,9
1.355
557
651
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)
112.017
10,950
12Z.957
78,019
A2 A88et and Inv88tm8nt sales.
(see table).
Sub total
112.017
10,950
12l9trr
76,019
nts
Grants and GrfIsg￿en
Fundraislng and Merthandlse
OFFice Running Costs
Organtsers wage5 and expense5
Advertising& WebsTte
Professlonal Fee5
Chrlstma5
1ft5
Sundry Expenses
23,962
4,293
1B.BB7
JS,230
¥197
1.e65
1,394
1,263
23,962
4,293
18,887
35.2JO
1.1>7
1.6G8
11137
18,745
17,141
1.263
366
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$9,376
A4 A88etand Inve8lment
purcha8e8. (Bee table)
Cthhwter& Equipment
Il13
2,113
Sub total
2,113
2.113
90.004
90.004
59,376
Not of r•eaIpts/(paym￿tsj
AS Transfer5 fund5
A6 Cash Yunds lastyear ond
Cash fvnds thi¥ year￿d
22,013
10,950
32,963
16.643
45,976
67,989
45,976
7a.939
29.333
45.976
10.950
CCXK R1 accounts ISSI
3010912022

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lunds
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to nHr•st£
Cat6gorias
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to nearest£
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10.950
Total cash fun(ts
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