2024-12-31-accounts

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of My Mito Mission

On accounts for the year ended	31 December 2024	Charity no (if any)	1176616

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(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 DD / MM / YYYY .

• 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 (other than that disclosed below *) 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

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.

• Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed: Date: 2 September 2025

Name: Jennifer Horsley FCMA

Relevant professional CIMA qualification(s) or body (if any):

Address: Roxmoor, Skircoat Moor Road Halifax HX3 0HJ

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

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October 2018

IER

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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October 2018

IER

My Mito Mission No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 01/01/2024 31/12/2024 To from

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 51,522 55,933 3,689 - - - - 111,144 - - - 111,144 6,078 7,448 50,639 4,165 2,870 15,686 50,000 - - 136,886 480 - 480 137,366 - 26,222 - 64,920 38,698	Restricted funds to the nearest £ 20,950 - - - - - - - 20,950 - - - 20,950 20,950 - - - 500 - - - - 21,450 - - - 21,450 - 500 - 500 -	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £ 20,950 51,522 55,933 3,689 - - - - 132,094 - - - 132,094 27,028 7,448 50,639 4,165 3,370 15,686 50,000 - - 158,336 480 - 480 158,816 - 26,722	Total funds to the nearest £ 20,950 51,522 55,933 3,689 - - - - 132,094 - - - 132,094 27,028 7,448 50,639 4,165 3,370 15,686 50,000 - - 158,336 480 - 480 158,816 - 26,722	Last year to the nearest £
Grants			- - - - - - - - -	20,950		-
Fundraising& Donations	51,522			51,522		-
Event income	55,933			55,933		-
Other income	3,689			3,689		-
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Sub total(Gross income for AR)	111,144			132,094		-
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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Sub total	-			-		-
Total receipts A3 Payments
			-	132,094		-
Support Costs	6,078		- - - - - - - - - -	27,028		-
Awareness Costs	7,448			7,448		-
StaffingCosts	50,639			50,639		-
FundraisingCosts	4,165			4,165		-
Other Admin/Insurance etc	2,870			3,370		-
Event costs	15,686			15,686		-
Reserchgrant	50,000			50,000		-
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**Sub total **	136,886			158,336		-
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
Equipment	480		- - -	480
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**Sub total **	480			480		-
Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end
			-	158,816		-
	- 26,222	- 500	-	- 26,722		-
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	64,920	500		65,420		-
	38,698	-	-	38,698		-

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

19/09/2025

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories 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 Cash in Hand Details Details Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 38,652 46 38,698 OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates	Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Amount due (optional) - - - - -	Endowment funds to nearest £
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Signature

Print Name

Date of approval

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

19/09/2025

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1[st] January 2024 to 31[st] December 2024

Charity name: My Mito Mission

Charity registration number: 1176616

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	1) To promote and protect the physical and mental health of sufferers of Mitochondrial Disease through the provision of support, education and practical advice. 2) To advance the education of the public in general (and particularly among scientists and health professionals) in all areas relating to Mitochondrial Disease and to promote research for the public benefit into the causes and treatment of the disease, with the useful results of such research to be disseminated.
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	Foreveryone with mito: Support, Education & Practical Advice by means of: The use and awarding of funds for • Awareness - to gain equity in mito’s recognition, support and care. • Support - to reduce isolation and bring validation • Research - to increase hopes of treatments and a cure Through means such as: • Website – directory/information • Benefit advice referrals • Medical alert wristbands • Social media/PR • Events • Nominations to other charities • Promotional materials • Merchandise • Volunteering opportunities

		Forthose with mito who wish, all the above PLUS … • Provision of and support to run an individual ‘Mission’ – a personalised ‘mini charity’ under our umbrella through which they can raise awareness, funds for research and gain understanding and support from those around them • Missionee Meet Up Weekend • Missionee Zoom Meetings • Missionee Facebook Group • Missionee WhatsApp Group • Missionee Counselling Service
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission.

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	We aim to award a minimum of 50% of our publicly raised funds to research after staff costs. We pay due diligence to ensure the quality of the research and that it has the potential to help the widest possible range of the mito community. We involve our missionees in the decisions of what we fund. To date, we have directed our research awards through The Lily Foundation, the largest UK mito charity, in order to benefit from their established processes and expertise in: • ensuring the quality of research bids • ascertaining what the wider mito community wants by way of research and support. We will remain open to alternative options and keep this decision under annual review.
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	N/A
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	Contributions made by volunteers in both assisting and operating our charity and helping with awareness events and fundraising continue to be invaluable. Without our volunteer workforce the amount of activity we do would have to be

significantly reduced in order to still deliver our key objectives. Volunteer contribution versus paid staffing is 75%/25%. We are indebted to all volunteers and proud that we are able to effectively use so much volunteer time. Time commitments from our volunteers ranges from a few hours ad hoc to full time. Volunteer contribution enables such as office admin, events, ebay, vinted and merchandise sales, social media output, web editing and partnership engagement. Other

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	Our charity objects simplify into three key areas, and we will report on this basis. Awareness: PR & Marketing • Social Media: Considerable growth across main platforms, increasing our ability to relay our key messages. More video content created and used in order to improve impact. • Public Relations: Found and engaged an excellent partner, already achieving increased publicity and reach. • Website: Continue to improve and upgrade to ensure user friendly and relevant information available to people with mito and the general public. • Campaigns: Key focus on two: ‘Light Up for Mito’ during World Mito Week. Many more UK buildings lit up. ‘Project 1000 Strong’ launched in May, majorly increasing regular donations. Both also building stronger foundations for future growth. Events We achieved six key events – • The Energy Ball (April) • Yorkshire Three Peaks (May) • Glow Walk during World Mito Week (September) • My Mito Meet Up (October)

•	Art Sale (November)
•	Santa Dash (December)
…	significantly raising our profile and reach
to new demographics.
Partnership Building
•	Rotary – Attended regional conference,
	made further talks, one mission adopted
	by local Club.
•	Corporate – Using our new trustee’s skills
	to develop improved ways to engage with
	business.
•	Other mito organisations – increased
	liaison with The Lily Foundation, exploring
	synergies with MitoWorld and planning
	for new awareness event in Glasgow.
Support
•	My Mito Meet Up: Third successful
	support weekend for missionees with
	grant support of £18.45k from the
	National Lottery Community Fund. 70
	impacted people benefited.
•	Counselling: Successful pilot with £2.5k
	grant funding. Highlighted a desperate
	need for this to be expanded to all
	missionees and ultimately the wider mito
	community. Plans focused for evolving
	this vital service in 2025.
•	Missions: 10 new missions joined us,
	making a total of 37 impacted families
	and individuals benefiting from our close
	support, empowerment and ability to
	educate those around them.
•	Medical Alert Wristbands: Project well
	underway and set to be fully launched in
	2025 providing free wristbands available
	to everyone with mito.
Research
We awarded £50k (designated in 2023) to
three research projects through the Lily
Foundation, with the apportion to each
project determined by our missions.
We continue to advocate for more
mitochondrial research through building
partnerships with research bodies, bioscience
companies, pharmaceutical organisations and
other advocacy and patient organisations,
including:
•	National Institute for Health and Care
	Research
•	The Lily Foundation
•	Aspire Biosciences
•	MitoWorld

•	The Leigh Network
•	University College London
•	University of Glasgow
•	Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research
•	International MITO Patients
General
•	Continued financial growth in a
	challenging economic climate
•	Grants secured from the National Lottery
	Community Fund (£18.5k) and St James
	Place (£2.5k).
•	Ability strengthened to submit greater
	volume of applications in the future by
	improving the systems and identifying
	volunteers and paid support.
•	Second member of staff joined us in early
	February on a 6 months contract,
	subsequently made permanent.
•	Committed to be a living wage employer.
•	New CRM, accounting systems and Team
	collaboration platform introduced and
	integrated into normal working practices.
•	Office upgraded to better accommodate
	more staff and volunteers comfortably
	within our main office space.
	Volunteer highlights:
•	Two volunteers credited their experience
	with us as instrumental in securing new
	positions.
•	A volunteer increased from one to two
	days, feeling supported with adjustments
	made to accommodate their visual and
	hearing impairments.
•	The new charity assistant role enabled a
	regular volunteer and missionee to evolve
	their role to include more web editing and
	building, boosting their skills and job
	satisfaction.
The	difference our work has made…
Awareness:
Awareness of the illness has been raised
amongst thousands of people, reducing the
isolation felt by those impacted. Thousands
also became aware of the far-reaching
importance of mito research and its benefits
and	implications to millions.
Support:
Support we funded increased a sense of
community and belonging, improved mental
health, peer support and practical help and
information to our beneficiaries.

Research: Through expanding our research work to encompass forging partnerships, advocacy and lobbying we are able to inspire mitochondrial research and awareness of its importance. Our award to The Lily Foundation enabled an additional project to be funded through their 2023/24 research call than would have otherwise happened. Through their involvement in both fundraising and decision-making, our research awards empowered our missionees, in knowing they make a positive difference.

Additional information (optional)

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	We ended 2024 with £38,652.34 in the bank. Our reserves are 10k and we have designated £20k to cover the costs for our Meet Up event in October. Should we secure the funding for the Meet Up, it will be redesignated to one of the many projects we wish to pursue.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	According to policy, reserves were reviewed in May 2024 and increased to £10k which equates to approximately 12 weeks’ worth of unrestricted expenditure.

		This will help My Mito Mission to withstand a number of scenarios including a sustained increase in inflation combined with a fall in income, to provide the capability for trustees to then make sure expenditure could be reduced in a managed fashion, avoiding the need to halt important work abruptly and cover staffing costs. My Mito Mission has very few recurring ongoing costs over and above staffing, with levels of expenditure determined by income banked through previous fundraising. All reserves over and above this retained amount are designated to charitable activities.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£30k
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23

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	Our principal source of funding remains publicly raised donations and fundraising. This is either through our own, our missions’ or our supporter’s efforts.
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	Our Business Plan identifies several principle risk areas to mitigate as far as possible: • Inability to keep pace with continual growth. • Reliance on our Chair’s voluntary full-time CEO role. • Outgrowing our donated office space.
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Trust Deed

How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	Charitable Trust
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	Appointed by resolution of the existing Trustees at a Special Meeting

Additional information (optional)

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

Policies and procedures Para 1.51 adopted for the induction and training of trustees The charity’s organisational Para 1.51 structure and any wider network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charityname	MyMito Mission
Other name the charityuses
Registered charitynumber	1176616
Charity’s principal address	Registered Address: 44d Long Ridge, Brighouse, HD6 3RZ Office Address: c/o KT Hydraulics, Gannex Park, Dewsbury Road, Elland, HX5 9AF

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

No.	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
1	Christopher Appleby
2	Christine Beal	Chair
3	Amanda Caldwell
4	Bethany Ellis	Treasurer
5	Dr Martin Haigh MBE		15th July 2024
6	Francesca Sevilla- Rebelderia
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets held in this capacity

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser	Name	Address

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

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

Other optional information

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)	Christine Beal	Beth Ellis
Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)	Chair	Treasurer

Date