2025-03-31-accounts - John King Brain Tumour Foundation

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JOHN KING BRAIN TUMOUR FOUNDATION

Charity number 1172606

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2025

JOHN KING BRAIN TUMOUR FOUNDATION

CONTENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

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Trustee Annual Report	1 - 3
Independent Examiners Report	4
Statement of Financial Activities	5
Balance Sheet	6
Notes to the financial statements	7 - 8

JOHN KING BRAIN TUMOUR FOUNDATION

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Charity number

1172606

Registered Office

6 Mill Farm Business Park Millfield Road Hanworth Middlesex TW4 5PY

Trustees

Laura King Andrew Sharland Ronan Dunne Anne Donoghue Bruce Langlands Bill Knott Tim Jones Gill Eastwood Holly King Christine Sullivan

Independent Examiners

Community360 Winsley’s House High Street Essex CO1 1UG

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. 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 2015).

Objectives and activities

We are a registered charity supporting the Atkinson Morley Wing of St George’s Hospital, Tooting London. We fundraise for neurosurgical technology and equipment and maintain the McKissock Ward Roof Garden. We have also raised funds for the development of a Neuro-ICU Roof Garden which is planned for completion in early 2026.

JOHN KING BRAIN TUMOUR FOUNDATION

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Our charity works with a simple vision: to improve outcomes for adult and paediatric patients with brain diseases and disorders.

Our mission is to make a tangible difference by fundraising the encourage advanced treatments and create healing hospital gardens which offer the opportunity to have a restful space for critical care patients, carers and loved ones who are all recovering from the impact of extremely difficult and traumatic circumstances.

Significant activities and achievements

The Trustees confirm they have given due consideration to Charity Commission’s guidance on the Public Benefit requirement under section 4 of the Charities Act 2011. Our main activities and achievements in the reporting period to further our purposes for public benefit include, but are not limited to:

Over the last 8 years, the John King Brain Tumour Foundation has tirelessly fundraised to provide vital neurosurgical equipment for both adult and paediatric neurosurgery at St. George's, which have led to significant improvements in surgical outcomes.

We're very proud that our fundraising efforts to date have meant that we have been able to fund:

· Two state-of-the-art Zeiss surgical microscopes for the neurosurgical department. Both microscopes combine digital and optical visualisation modalities, a unique micro-inspection tool and surgeon-controlled robotics. They enable surgeons to see further into the brain and thus be able to remove more of the tumour during surgery. Each microscope is being used approximately 1,200 times a year in theatre and not only helps adults and children with brain tumours but also is used for other paediatric and adult neurosurgery.

· A two pin skull clamp and actuated headrest, designed to support children’s heads during neurosurgery. By protecting at-risk areas (such as around the eyes and the very thin skin of neonates and young infants) surgery is much safer and also enables the paediatric neurosurgeons to take on longer and more challenging procedures . The headrest is now being used in over 130 neurosurgery procedures per year on children ranging from new born up to 18 years.

· A Stealth Autoguide Robotics Guidance Platform. This state-of-the-art equipment enables surgeons to preform precision, minimally invasive, cranial surgery including biopsies, electrode placements, laser ablations and tumour removal. The robotic guide improves both patient and surgeon safety and surgical success, resulting in better patient outcomes, including longer life expectancy, reduced recovery times, improved post-surgical quality of life etc. The robotic guide will benefit over 1,000 cranial surgery patients each year at St George's Hospital.

· A Sonoca 300 Soring console and Endoscopic Handpiece for paediatric neurosurgery which is used for both emergency and elective paediatric neurosurgical procedures e.g. treating brain tumours, hydrocephalus, spina bifida etc.

Our charity also recognises the benefits of outdoor spaces for patients, their families and NHS staff and as such, we fund:

· The maintenance of the beautiful roof garden adjacent to the McKissock Ward at St George’s Hospital. The patients are often seriously ill so the garden is a haven where they and their family can step out to breathe in the fresh air and spend time in a calming, green environment, which helps them on the road to recovery.

JOHN KING BRAIN TUMOUR FOUNDATION

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

· The creation of a ‘forest in the sky’ roof garden adjacent to the Neuro ICU unit at St George’s Hospital. This is the largest fund-raising project we have undertaken and will transform the balcony space into a haven of plants and flowers including the beautiful Ovation Tree sculpture created by Emma Rodgers. The garden will offer the opportunity to have a restful space for critically ill patients, carers and loved ones who are all recovering from the impact of extremely difficult and traumatic circumstances. It promises to have benefits to rehabilitation as patients spend time in the fresh air and use their senses to stimulate the healing process. The funds have been transferred to the Hospital Trust and the development and installation of the garden has begun.

We are a small charity with big ambitions. We employ one freelance member of staff who works part-time and manages the day to day running of the charity including administration, event management, financial overview, marketing and donor liaison. We fund raise through donations from supporters and organising fund raising events including an Annual Charity Golf Day, sponsored challenges and a biennial Gala Ball.

Plans for the future

Our planned future projects include the:

· Contributing to the St George’s “Time for a Change” Transformation Programme through the funding of a new family kitchen and children’s playroom. The Paediatric Wards are in need of modernisation and these spaces will enable families to spend time together whilst children rehabilitate and recover from serious illnesses.

· Funding a new "ultra-rapid" method of genetic testing that reduces the time it takes to diagnose types of brain tumours from weeks to hours. Currently samples of tumours are extracted and sent away to a Pathology Lab for testing, this process can take up to 8 weeks. The new method means the testing can be completed on-site and the surgeons can have the results back in as little as 90 minutes. The new testing will reduce the time for a surgeon to definitively understand the type of tumour, inform the patient and commence treatment. Waiting for treatment to commence can be an anxious time for patients and their families and this new method of testing will greatly reduce that time.

Governance and Risk Management

The Trustees have adopted and maintain policies for safeguarding, financial control, risk management, data protection, equality, diversity and inclusion, whistleblowing, managing conflicts of interest and a wide range of HR policies. We will continue to develop further policies and procedures as the work of the charity.

Reserves Policy

The charity aims to maintain a general reserve of unrestricted funds sufficient to meet its financial, legal and moral obligations to its service users, employees and volunteers and to all relevant authorities. The Trustees have assessed that to mitigate the risk of income fluctuations, and unexpected expenditure, the charity needs to maintain in general reserves an amount that would cover 6-12 months of the charity’s general running costs. This amounts to £30,000 for the financial year ending 31 March 2025.

At the end of March 2025, the charity has £50,000 of restricted funds reserved for the Neuro-ICU roof garden. In addition, as at March 2025 the charity held £56,203 in unrestricted reserves.

Signed

Laura King, Chair Date: 28th January 2026

JOHN KING BRAIN TUMOUR FOUNDATION

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

I report on the accounts of John King Brain Tumour Foundation for the year ended 31 March 2025 which are set out on pages 5 to 8.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The Charity’s Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Charity’s Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 144 (2) of the Charities Act 2011 (The Act) but that an independent examination is needed. The charities gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of Association of Accounting Technicians.

It is my responsibility to:

Examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
To state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner’s Statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes considerations of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.

Independent examiner’s statement

In the course of my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of the 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.

I 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.

David Courtier FMAAT AATQB for and on behalf of:
Community360
Winsley’s House, High Street, Colchester, Essex	Date	28/01/2026

JOHN KING BRAIN TUMOUR FOUNDATION

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Restricted Total £ 50,000	Designated Total £ 134,289	2025 Total £ 396,350	2024 Total £ 151,547
50,000 -	134,289 411,399	396,350 557,367	151,547 116,236
-	411,399	557,367	116,236
50,000	(277,110) 79,277	(161,017) -	35,311 -
50,000 -	(197,833) 197,833	(161,017) 267,220	35,311 231,909
50,000	-	106,203	267,220

Notes on pages 7 to 8 form part of these financial statements

JOHN KING BRAIN TUMOUR FOUNDATION

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2025

	Note	2025	2025	2024	2024
		Total	Total	Total	Total
		£	£	£	£
Current assets
Debtors	6	277		-
Cash at bank and in hand		106,525		267,760
		106,803		267,760
Current liabilities
Creditors, amounts falling due within one year	7	600		540
Net current assets			106,203		267,220
Net assets			106,203		267,220
Funds
Unrestricted funds			56,203		69,387
Restricted funds			50,000		-
Designated funds			-		197,833
			106,203		267,220

These accounts were approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by :

Signed Date 28th January 2026 Laura King

JOHN KING BRAIN TUMOUR FOUNDATION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1. Accounting Policies

Basis of the preparation of the accounts

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement on Recommended Practise 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). (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Rebulic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Cash flow statement

The trustees have taken advantage of the exemption in Financial Reporting Standard 1 (revised) from including a cash flow statement in the financial statements on the grounds that the company is small.

Incoming resources

All material incoming resources have been included on a receivable basis

They are included if the date receivable falls within the period covered by these accounts.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to the expenditure. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. All expenditure is inclusive of irrecoverable VAT.

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.

Going concern

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern nor any significant areas of uncertainty that affect the carrying value of assets held by the charity.

Charitable funds

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.

Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds set aside for specific purposes at the discretion of the trustees.

2. Critical accounting estimates and judgements

In the application of the charity's accounting policies, the Trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

There are no critical accounting estimates or judgements in the financial statements.

JOHN KING BRAIN TUMOUR FOUNDATION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

3. Income from Charitable activities

Income generated Donations Events Other Grants Total	Unrestricted £ 210,817 - 1,244 - 212,061	Restricted £ 50,000	Designated £ - 134,289 - -	2025 £ 210,817 134,289 1,244 50,000	2024 £ 93,873 57,674 - -
		50,000	134,289	396,350	151,547

4. Costs of charitable activities

Consultancy Marketing Event costs Donation Insurance Garden expenses Professional fees g Total	Unrestricted £ 20,293 - - 121,242 2,222 240 600 , 145,969	Restricted £ - - - - - - -	Designated £ - - 65,225 346,174 - - -	2025 £ 20,293 - 65,225 467,416 2,222 240 600 ,	2024 £ 12,535 - 34,229 - 1,038 66,632 540 ,
		-	411,399	557,367	116,236

The donation paid were in relation to payments was made to The Royal Marsden Hospital Cancer Charity in relation to

5. Staff

No Staff were employed in this financial year (2024: Nil)

6. Debtors Prepayments 7. Creditors; amounts falling due within one year Creditors and accruals	2025 £ 277	2024 £ -
	277	-
	2025 £ 600	2024 £ 540
	600	540

8. Related parties

There were no related party transactions in this financial year.