ELISABETH’S FOUNDATION
Trustees’ Report
and Financial Statement
for the year ended 5 April 2021
Registered Charity Number 1177440
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Charity Information
Trustees
Roderic Bowen Orarin Falzon Saint Manduca Frederick Falzon Saint Manduca
Registered Address
28 St Mary’s Avenue NORTHWOOD Middlesex HA6 3AZ
Registered Charity Number
1177440
Bankers
Nat West PLC Rickmansworth (A) Branch 159 High Street RICKMANSWORTH Herts WD3 1AR
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
The Trustees have pleasure in presenting their third annual report for the purposes of the Charities Act 2011, together with the accounts for the year ended 5 April 2021. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities’ issued in March 2005 in preparing this annual report and financial statement of the Charity.
HISTORY
The Charity was founded in early 2018 in honour of Elisabeth Manduca, both to commemorate this eight-year old girl’s long, brave but ultimately unsuccessful battle against the disease Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), the second most common type of high grade (malignant) brain tumours in children; and to raise funding and to increase support for ground-breaking research and treatment.
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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Elisabeth’s Foundation is constituted under a Charity Commission Scheme of 6 March 2018. It has a Trustee Board of 3, without a chairman, and operates without staff, chargeable overheads or expenses.
PUBLIC BENEFIT
The identifiable benefit provided by the Charity is research into, and education about, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), by making grants for the purchase of services and equipment required to advance both the background science and, in due course, the relief of children with the disease.
OBJECTIVES
Our declared objectives are twofold: to relieve sickness and to promote and protect good health by supporting research into the treatment of DIPG; and to advance the education of the public in all areas relating to DIPG.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
The Covid 19 Pandemic has made this a difficult year and for large periods the charity was locked down. Within our aims and objectives, we set ourselves two priorities: firstly, to determine how and where we would concentrate our efforts and, secondly, how best as a small team with few resources we could raise funds that would begin to make a difference.
In our third year we raised £1222.42, of which we have committed £2750 to Zurich with a reduced remaining surplus of just over £750 in the bank. We did this through the generosity of donors whom we contacted personally. You have made all the difference to the work in Zurich and at The Brain Tumour Charity not simply in helping with the significant costs of work such as this, but also in affirming belief in the enterprise.
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
The Charity will aim to widen the net for donations at the same time as publicizing the disease to a broader public. We will be seeking more support from other charities and funding organizations, although we recognize we are in a competitive market, not least as we are so small and DIPG is largely unknown to the public.
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the Financial Statement in accordance with applicable law and UK Accounting Standards. The law applicable to charities in England and Wales required the Trustees to prepare
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financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the incoming resources and application of those resources for that period. In preparing this financial statement, the Trustees are required to:
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Select a suitable accounting policy and apply it consistently.
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Observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP.
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Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
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Keep proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity.
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Safeguard the assets of the Charity and hence take reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf.
[signed on original ]
RHM Bowen
Date: 11th January 2022.
Annexes
A: Financial Statement
ELISABETH’S FOUNDATION
INCOME &EXPENDITURE – YEAR TO 5 APRIL 2021
| £ | |
|---|---|
| INCOME | |
| Voluntary Income–Donations and Events | |
| Donations | 1222.42 |
| SUB-TOTAL | 1222.42 |
| TOTAL INCOME | 1222.42 |
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EXPENDITURE
| Administration | 0.00 |
|---|---|
| Just Giving Costs | 198.00 |
| SUB-TOTAL | 198.00 |
| Funding to Neuro CED, Zurich | 2500.00 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURE | 2698.00 |
| SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) FOR 2019/2020 | (1475.58) |
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