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2025-09-30-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 October 2024 30 September 2025

From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Above & Beyond Cancer Foundation Other names charity is known by Above & Beyond Registered charity number (if any) 1173983 Charity's principal address 3 The Rowlands

Biggleswade Beds Postcode SG18 8NY

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Karen Chin Head of Operations
2 Jayne Proctor Head of Trustees
3 Julie Morrison Finance Manager
4 Liz Roe Chair of Trustees
5 Caroline Thursfield Trustee
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

How the charity is constituted

Association

Trustee selection methods

By appointment

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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

Policies & Procedures The following policies and procedures where reviewed and updated during the last operating year

Holistic& Wellbeing Treatment Guidance Policy

GDPR Privacy Notice

Safe Working Practice & Safeguarding Policy

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Section C Objectives and activities

As mentioned previously our objects are as follows:

To promote and protect good health for the public benefit, for those persons living with or affected by cancer by:

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

a) offering 1 to 1 support in which people with a cancer diagnosis, their carers and family members can exchange a shared experience and b) provide practical advice and support including access to complimentary therapies, including but not exclusively limited to reflexology, reiki, massage and relaxation techniques.

Objectives and activities
As mentioned previously our objects are as follows:
To promote and protect good health for the public benefit, for those
persons living with or affected by cancer by:
a) offering 1 to 1 support in which people with a cancer diagnosis,
their carers and family members can exchange a shared
experience and
b) provide practical advice and support including access to
complimentary therapies, including but not exclusively limited to
reflexology, reiki, massage and relaxation techniques.
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)		 Summary of Main Activities:
a) meeting up with cancer patients and/or loved ones on a one-to-one
basis to talk over their diagnosis and how this affects their day-to-day
living. In this operational year had over 270 1 to 1 meet ups with
patients and their loved ones
b) To explain and establish the objectives of the charity and how it can
help them and their loved ones.
c) Provide a space where cancer patients and loved ones can talk to
someone with a lived and shared experience of a cancer diagnosis.
d) Once their needs have been established (if any), pathways are put in
place to assist and support.
e) Offering access and funding to complimentary/holistic therapies and
mental health wellbeing sessions (if needed/wanted).
Trustees/members will approach therapists on their behalf and
arrange for communication between the two parties for the treatments
to take place. These are offered by local
therapists/beauticians/counsellors and hypnotherapists.
f) In this operational we reduced our holistic therapies from 6 to 4 in
order to manage our finances robustly. We were able to offer 212
holistic therapies, as well as 71 mental health and wellbeing
sessions.
g) In this operating year we were able to organise and fund one Holistic
& Wellbeing Event at a local spa resort, hiring out a training suite and
inviting patients and their loved ones to attend either morning or
afternoon appointments. This event was held on 17thNovember 2024
h) Organisation of three smaller holistic & wellbeing days held at the
Happy Body Project in Wilstead for patients and their loved ones.
These were held in March, June and September 2025.
i)
Organising ‘resource bundles’ and gifts of encouragement.
j)
Writing funding applications to help fund projects and operating costs.
k) We were able to offer just under 2,000 points of support, including but
limited to meet ups, phone calls and texts.
l)
Giving talks to local community groups to raise the profile of the
charity

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At the beginning of the accounting period the charity was overseen by 5 Trustees.

The operational aspects of the charity are discussed at these meetings. Agenda points including but not limited to:

The Trustees, in making decisions, have had due regard to the commission’s public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Contribution by Volunteers

At our holistic and wellbeing events many local therapists took time out of their busy schedule to volunteer their time and expertise to deliver wellbeing treatments to patients and their loved ones.

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

At our event at Wyboston Lakes (November 2024),17 therapists gave up their day to offer their services without remuneration. Another volunteer who delivers relaxation session in the form of Tibetan Singing Bowls came at the end of the day to deliver a session for all of the therapists that attended for re-balance. Two patient volunteers, who have been supported by the charity and helped with serving refreshments and talking to the attendees.

At our three events held at the Happy Body Project (March, June & September 2025) we had 7 therapists give up their time without remuneration at each event. Another volunteer delivered a relaxation session to all attendees (June) as well as one mental health specialist (September) that delivered a mindfulness session. One volunteer who has been supported by the charity and helped with serving refreshments and talking to the attendees at all of these events.

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Investment We have continued to invest £20,000 with Cambridge & Counties. This matured for its second year in April 2025, with interest earnt in the sum of £1002.24. The Trustees made the decision to reinvest the same amount of money for six months with an interest rate of 4.65%.

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

SUMMARY OF MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS

During this operating period

Holistic & Wellbeing Day (H&WD) – 17[th] November 2024 Summary of the Day:

a) 15th holistic & wellbeing event held by A&BCF at a cost of
£4,100.46
b) held at The Salix Suite, Wyboston Lakes Resort, Wyboston, St
Neots.
c) 39 Cancer Patients & 16 loved ones attended the day.
d) 17 holistic/complimentary therapists donated their time and
services on the day.
e) The day comprised of morning and afternoon appointments with
each cancer patient having at least three treatments and if a loved
one came with them, they had at least one treatment.
f) The treatments on offer on the day were, Reflexology, Full
Facials, Reiki, Manicure & Pedicures, Back Massages, and Indian
Head Massage.
g) Tea & coffee and refreshments were offered throughout the day,
and lunch was provided for the therapists.
h) 136 appointments were available on the day and every
appointment slot was utilised
i) At the conclusion of the event both attendees and therapists were
invited to give feedback on their evaluation of the day. Cancer
patients that attended indicated a significant improvement in their
general wellbeing after the event and the therapists indicated how
organised and well run the event was.
j) Excluding the co-founders that organised and ran the event there
were two more volunteer to help with serving refreshments as well
as helping with the set up and dressing down of the venue. These
two volunteers had previously been supported by the charity and
wanted to help with this event to give back to the charity.
k) £1,000 of funding received from Gale Family Trust was put
towards the expenditure of this event.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Achievements andperformance Achievements andperformance
Holistic & Wellbeing Event – 9th March 2025
Summary of the day:
a) 6thevent one on this scale to be held.
b) Held at The Happy Body Project in Wilstead, Beds
c) 14 patients attended the event, spread out over morning and
afternoon appointments.
d) 2 Loved Ones attended the event
e) 7 holistic/complimentary therapists donated their time and
services on the day.
f) Each treatment was 45 minutes, and each patient had two
treatments.
g) Refreshments and cakes provided on the day.
h) The event cost £569.70
Holistic & Wellbeing Event – 8th June 2025
a) 7thevent one on this scale to be held.
b) Held at The Happy Body Project in Wilstead, Beds
c) 14 patients attended the event, spread out over morning and
afternoon appointments.
d) 2 loved ones attended the event
e) 8 holistic/complimentary therapists donated their time and
services on the day.
f) 1 therapist provided a sound bath and relaxation session.
g) Each holistic treatment was 45 minutes, and each patient had two
treatments plus a sound bath session lasting one hour
h) Refreshments and cakes provided on the day.
i) Part of the interest accrued from the investment with Cambridge &
Counties (£1,002.24) was allocated to fund this event.
j) The event cost £684.71
Holistic & Wellbeing Event – 14th September 2025
k) 5th event one on this scale to be held.
l) Held at The Happy Body Project in Wilstead, Beds
m) 14 patients attended the event, spread out over morning and
afternoon appointments.
n) 4 loved ones attended the event
o) 8 holistic/complimentary therapists donated their time and
services on the day.
p) 1 therapist provided mindfulness sessions to all of the attendees.
q) Each holistic treatment was 45 minutes, and each patient had two
treatments plus a sound bath session lasting one hour
r) Refreshments and cakes provided on the day.
s) The remaining amount from the interest accrued from the
investment with Cambridge & Counties (£1,0024) was allocated to
fund this event.
t) The event cost £664.92
u) Cost to the charity was £347.41
NETWORKING AND FORMING PARTNERSHIPS
We have been able to maintain our existing partnerships and have built
new ones with local therapists, particularly owners of holistic practices.
We have established connections with 43 local therapists and salons.
This is an increase of 5 from the previous year.

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Section D Achievements and performance

FUNDRAISING ACHIEVEMENTS During this operating year the following fundraising events took place.

a) £320 was raised by two local crafters who open up their home to
sell their products.
b) £2175.35 was raised via a local bridge group
c) A local events organised entered a Tough Mudder event and
raised £340.00
d) A patient we have supported took part in a local 5km run and
raised just under £1800.
e) A grandson of a patient that we have supported organised a
‘Shave the Beard’ event and just under £1,130.00
f) A therapist who supports us by offering her expertise at our
events decided to enter the 10km Twilight Walk through London
and raised £200.000
g) A patient we are supporting took it upon herself to walk 5km near
where she lived. Due to complications with treatment she has
been left disabled and so did this 5km with a walker. She raised
£1,000.
h) A mother and daughter climbed Ben Nevis and raised £625
i) A daughter of a patient we support, cut her hair in support of The
Little Princess Trust and raised over £1,000
j) Friends and family of a patient we support with terminal cancer
raised over £1,000 after completing a £5km
k) £5,109.61 was raised via a local running club choosing us as their
nominated charity for the previous year.
l) £195.00 was donated via local football team, due to our support of
one of their members mums.
m) A local pub held a bingo night and raised £500.00 for us
n) A patient organised and hosted a party to celebrate being cancer
free at a local venue and raised £1,300.00
o) The Bedfordshire YF Community put on several events in the
year.
p) A local Sound Bath company, who opened at a new venue raised
£260.00 in support of our cause.
q) We where chosen along with MIND charity as the two charities to
be supported by a local Racquets and sports centre for the
upcoming year.
r) A patient completed a cycle event and donated £250.00
s) Another patient who organised and held a party in celebration of
being cancer free raised £702.00
t) Members of our fundraising committee went to a local
supermarket to raise awareness of the charity and its services
and raised £125
u) Screwball Rally raised £950.00
v) Local events company organised a raffle and raised over £700.00

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Reserves are held in the form of cash at bank and within the investment currently held at Cambridge & Counties

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Not applicable

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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

The main source of funds during the year were from fundraising activities organised by the community and donations from individuals and local companies, which we have highlighted in the Section D&E.

NOTABLE DONATIONS

Our fundraising total for the year was £20,795.24. This included all fundraising amounts from our fundraising platforms and fundraising events outside of our platforms.

BUSINESS/CORPORATE DONATIONS

In this last operating year, we are very pleased to report a number of local business recognising our cause and supporting us through financial donations or in-kind donations, such as gifts for our resource bundles that we send out to patients.

Lewis Wark Ltd – Biggleswade

Lewis Wark have been supporting us since Covid in 2020. This past year they have donated £500.00 as well as providing us with gifts for our holistic packages that we present at our holistic and wellbeing days as well as products for our resource bundles.

Taylor Wimpey – Peterborough

Even though we are out of the ‘catchment area’ for this organisation. They were able to donate £500 due to one of their colleagues receiving support from our charity who sadly passed away at the end of 2024. We understand that this would be a one-time donation.

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Rotary Club of Hitchin – Hitchin Priory

One of our Co-Founders, along with a therapist were invited to give a talk and spend the evening with the above Rotary Club to expand on the work of the charity and the service it offers to patients in the Hertfordshire area. After the talk took place, £400 was donated.

David Miles Independent Estate Agent

After taking a poll on a local social media site asking for worthy charities to donate to David chose ourselves along with a local hospice to receive £100.00

FUNDING – NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND

With the National Lottery Community Fund the charity has been able to remunerate Karen Chin with a salary of £29,250 for the past 18 months. This has allowed the charity to continue to operate and maintain its presence in the local community and achieve the charity objectives. The remaining funds were allocated to operating costs

OTHER NOTABLE FUNDING SUCCESSES The Wixamtree Charitable Trust.

We continue to be funded by the above Trust. Their funding amount is £10,000 over a three-year period. We received their second instalment of £3,333.00 in July 2025.

Albert Hunt

For the 2[nd] year we have been fortunate to receive £5,000.

The above funding amounts have gone towards the salary costs incurred for Jayne Proctor (co-Founder) to assist in the running of the charity, specifically with administrative tasks, social media, funding applications and patient support.

We were also successful in receiving the following grants to help cover some of our project as well as operational costs.

The Gale Family Trust - £1,000

This funding amount went towards the costs of our H&WD held at Wyboston lakes in November 2024.

Biggleswade Town Council - £500

This funding amount went directly towards the purchase of a laptop to be used by Jayne Proctor. Previously a personal laptop was being used and was no longer fit for purpose.

Robert Lucas Trust - £390

This trust only supports patients that are in a particular area of Bedfordshire. This amount was given to fund 6 mental health and wellbeing sessions for a patient that lives in that specific area of Bedfordshire.

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INCOME & EXPENDITURE - INCOME

The income of this reporting year was £81,968.50.

This has helped us maintain our presence within the local cancer community and have continued to offer the services that have become a lifeline to cancer patients during this reporting year. This income has been spent in the interest of the public benefit set out in our charity objects.

We received just £12,259.97.00 through our fundraising platforms: PayPal, GoFundMe, CAF, Easyfundraising, Just Giving, Much Loved and Enthuse.

INCOME & EXPENDITURE - EXPENDITURE

Our expenses for this reporting year, were £66,969.81.

Our main expenditure costs were:

The Charity investment objective is to raise enough funds to support the continued operation of the charity to enable it to meet its objectives.

Section F Other optional information

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Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) K.Chin Full name(s) Karen Chin Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Co-Founder, Trustee & Head of etc) Operations Date 22nd January 2026

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Charity Name No (if any)
Above and Beyond Cancer Foundation 1173983
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Fundraising 22,278 - - 22,278 20,277
Donations 12,808 - 12,808 2,551
Grants 45,880 - 45,880 46,642
Interest 1,002 - - 1,002 748
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Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 81,969 ] - - 81,969 70,218
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 81,969 - - 81,969 70,218
A3 Payments
Patient Resources 5,303 - - 5,303 5,767
H&W Treatments & Counselling 13,074 - - 13,074 18,951
H&W Days 6,647 6,647 7,252
Operational Costs 4,381 - - 4,381 4,161
Funding Support 37,564 - - 37,564 30,554
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Sub total [ 66,970 ] - - 66,970 66,685
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Privacy Boards - - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments [ 66,970 ] - - 66,970 66,685
Net of receipts/(payments) 14,999 - - 14,999 3,533
A5 Transfers between funds - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 28,978 20,000 - 48,978 45,445
Cash funds this year end 43,977 20,000 - 63,977 48,978
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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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
Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B5 Liabilities
B3 Investment assets
B2 Other monetary assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B1 Cash funds		 Details
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Bank Account
Petty Cash
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Privacy Boards
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JMorrison		 Unrestricted
funds
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funds
to nearest £
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20,000
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funds
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funds
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250
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Julie Morrison		 Endowment
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Date of
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16/11/2025

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

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CHARITY COMMISSION | FOR FNGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Above and Beyond Cancer Foundation On accounts for the year ended 3010912025 Charity no lif any) 1173983 Set out on pages I report lo the trustees on my exarnination of the accounts of the above charity I'the Trust") fof the year ended Responsiblllties and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in ac¢ord3nGe with the requiiemenls of the Charities Act 2011 I 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under sedion 14515)Ib) of the Act. Independent IThe chanly's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examir)ation by being a qualified member of linsert name of applicable listed bodyll Delete I l if not 8pplicable. have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have cor¥ie lo My attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below "} 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 con￿rning 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 malter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no olher matters in connection with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Pleas& delete Èhe wonls in Ihe brackels if Ihey do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualificationlsl or body IER Oct 2018

(if any}. Address: Section B Dis¢losure Only corriplele If ilie exdinirier needs lo higl)Iighl material mallers of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts." directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018