## `CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES` 

## `Trustees' Annual Report forthe period` 

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Fromperiodstartdate:April 12024Toperiodenddate:March31"2025
```

```
Charityname: Madea Mark
```

```
Charityregistrationnumber:1178952
```

## `Objectives and Activities` 

|||||`SORPreference`|`SORPreference`||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|`Summary `|`of the purposes of`|||`Para `|`1.17`|`For the public benefitto`<br>`relieve the mental,`|
|`the charity`|`asset out `|`in`|`its`|||`spiritual and physical distressof children`|
|`governing `|`document`|||||`and young people`<br>`suffering`<br>`from`|
|||||||`bereavement or loss,`<br>`in particular but not`|
|||||||`exclusively,through the provision of`|
|||||||`memory boxes and supporting materials to`|
|||||||`professional organisations.`|
|`Summary `|`of the main`|||`Para`<br>`1.19`|`1.17 and`|`Our principle`<br>`charitable activity`<br>`is`|
|`activities`<br>`in`<br>`relation`<br>`to those`||||||`purchasing, packing and deliveringmemory`|
|`purposes`|`for the public`|||||`boxes and supporting contents to help`|
|`benefit,`<br>`in `|`particular,`|`the`||||`professionals better support children`|
|`activities,`|`projects or`|||||`experiencing the death of a parent (or`|
|`services`<br>`identified`<br>`in `||`the`||||`similar caregiver) or sibling.`|
|`accounts.`|||||||
|`Statementconfirming`||||`Para`|`1.18`|`It is confimed that all trustees on the board`|
|`whether the trustees `||`have`||||`at Made`<br>`aMark are awareof their`|
|`had regard to the guidance`||||||`responsibilities,`<br>`as laid out by the Charity`|
|`issued by `|`the Charity`|||||`Commission, with regard public benefit.`|
|`Commissionon public`|||||||
|`benefit`|||||||
|`dditional`|`information`||`(optional)`||||
|`You may choosetoinclude further `|||||`statements `|`where relevant`<br>`about:`|
|||||||`The management and day-to-day running`|
|||||`Para`|`1.38`|`of the charity is carried out entirely`<br>`by`|
|`Contribution made by`||||||`volunteers. Made a Mark is a no salary`|
|`volunteers`||||||`charity.Without the effort and commitment`|
|||||||`of our volunteers, Made a Mark would`<br>`not`|
|||||||`be able to carry out its charitable activity.`|
|||||||`The trustee board aregrateful`<br>`to`<br>`all`|
|||||||`contributors for their`<br>`inputand support.`|



## `Additional information (optional)` 



## `Achievements and Performance` 

|||`sORPreference`|`sORPreference`||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||`The charity`<br>`continues to receive significant`|
|||||`numbers of new applications for support`|
|`Summary of the main`||`Para`|`1.20`|`We have in place an online process`<br>`by`|
|`achievementsof the charity,`||||`which`<br>`professional organisations can apply`|
|`identifying`|`the difference the`|||`for support. These support applications are`|
|`charity's`|`work has made to`|||`reviewed`<br>`by trustees in the context of the`|
|`the circumstances`<br>`of its`||||`financial`<br>`position at the point of application`|
|`beneficiariesand any wider`||||`and in`<br>`line with our criteria.`|
|`benefits`|`to society asa`||||
|`whole.`||||`During`<br>`this`<br>`financial`<br>`period, we have`|
|||||`approved`<br>`57 new Support Applications for`|
|||||`teams working inawide variety`<br>`of settings`|
|||||`including scute hospitals,hospices and`|
|||||`primary care. There are`<br>`in additional to`|
|||||`those organisations previously approved`|
|||||`and thatcan order our resources.`|
|||||`The charity has supplied 1,112 memory`|
|||||`boxesand supporting conternts to`|
|||||`professionals working with bereaved`|
|||||`children during the period covered by the`|
|||||`report.`<br>`Thesememory boxesand`|
|||||`supporting contents cost £40per unit to`|
|||||`supply (on averageover three ageranges).`|
|||||`We remain`<br>`a no-salary charity and run our`|
|||||`operation from adonated`<br>`spaceso also`|
|||||`have no outgoings`<br>`for premises.`|
|||||`We have received many kind words of`|
|||||`feedbackrelating`<br>`to how our work is`|
|||||`benefitting`<br>`the beneficiaries,both from`|
|||||`families and from the professionals using`|
|||||`our boxes. We know from`<br>`this feebackthat`|
|||||`our charitable activity`<br>`is providing`|
|||||`opportunities for children experiencing`|
|||||`bereaved`<br>`to have memory making`|
|||||`opportunities and for the supporting adults`|
|||||`to have timely accessto supporting`|
|||||`materials and signposting infommation.`|



## `Financial Review` 

|`Reviewof the charity's`|`Para`|`1.21`|`INCOME: £57,030.00`||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|`financial`<br>`position at the end`|||`OUTGOINGS: £54,977.00`||
|`of the period`|||`END`<br>`BALANCE: £2,053.00`||
|`Statementexplaining the`|`Para`|`1.22`|`The current agreedreserve balance`|`is`|
|`policy for holding reserves`|||`£1,000-this is held to enable payment of`||
|`stating`<br>`whythey are held`|||`essential`<br>`utilities needed to operate `|`(for`|





||||`example insurance, responsible waste`|`example insurance, responsible waste`|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||`disposal)`||
|`Amount of reserves held`|`Para `|`1.22`|`£1,000`||
|`Reasons for holding zero`|`Para`|`1.22`|`NIA`||
|`reserves`|||||
|`Details of fund materially in`|`Para`|`1.24`|`NIA`||
|`deficit`|||||
|`Explanation of any`|`Para`|`1.23`|`No concerns`|`in this regard`|
|`uncertainties about the`|||||
|`charity`<br>`continuing asa going`|||||
|`Concerm`|||||



## `Additional information (optional)` 

|`You `|`may `|`choose to include further statements `|`choose to include further statements `|`choose to include further statements `|`choose to include further statements `|`where relevant about:`||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||`-Own calendar of events organised`|`by`|
|||||||`trustees`||
|`The `|`charity's`||`principal`|||`-Donations from supporters`||
|`sources`||`of funds (including`||`Para`|`1.47`|`-Donations`<br>`from organisations`||
|`any `|`fundraising)`|||||`-Grants`||
|||||||`-Issues with rising`<br>`cost of materials `|`items`|
|||||||`for example memory boxes and contents`||
|`A description`|||`of the principal`|`Para`|`1.46`|`we regularly`<br>`review prices and supplies to`||
|`risks`|`facing the charity`|||||`make sure we areusing our limited`||
|||||||`resources`<br>`in the mosteffective way`||
|||||||`Risk of having`<br>`insufficient`<br>`incometo meet`||
|||||||`demand for charitable activity`||



## `Structure, Governance and Management` 

|`Description of charity's`||||
|---|---|---|---|
|`trusts:`||||
|`Type of governing`<br>`document`|`Para`|`1.25`|`Constitutionaldocument`|
|`|(trust deed, royal`<br>`charter)`||||
|`How is the charity`|`Para`|`1.25`|`Charitable Incorporated Organisation`|
|`constituted?`||||
|`(e.g unincorporated`||||
|`association, CIO)`||||
|`Trustee selection methods`|`Para`|`1.25`|`-Review of trustee status annually`|
|`including details`<br>`of any`|||`-New trustees appointed by vote of existing`|
|`constitutionalprovisions e.g.`|||`Trustees`|
|`election to post orname of`||||
|`any person`<br>`or body entitled`||||
|`to appoint`<br>`one or more`||||
|`trustees`||||



## `Reference and Administrative details` 

|`Charity name`||`Made a Mark`|`Made a Mark`|
|---|---|---|---|
|`Registered charity`|`number`|`Registered`|`Charity Number 1178952`|
|`Charity's principal`|`address`|`5 Down Leaze`||
|||`Alveston`||
|||`Bristol`||
|||`BS35 3NQ`||





```
Namesofthecharitytrusteeswhomanage thecharity
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## `Declarations` 

```
Thetrusteesdeclarethattheyhave approvedthetrustees'reportabove.
```

```
Signed onbehalfofthecharity'strustees
```

```
Signature(s)
Fullname(s)KeriVickery|AlistairVickery
Position(egSecretary,ChairTreasurer
Chair,etc)|
Date
20122025
```



```
CHARITYCOMMISsIONCharityNameNo(ifany)
FORENGLANDANDWALES|Madea Mark Charity1178952
Receiptsandpayments accountsCC16a
For theperiodPeriodstartdatePeriodenddate
from01.04.24To31.03.25
```

## `Section A Receipts and payments` 

||||||||||`Unrestricted`|`Restricted`|`Endowment`||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||||`funds`|`funds`|`funds`|`Total funds`|`Last`|`year`|
|`A1 Receipts`|||||||||`to the nearest`|`to the nearest £`|`to the nearest £`|`to the nearest £`|`to the nearest £`||
|`Donations`|||||||||||||||
|`Fundraising`|||||||||`27,839`|||`27,839`||`22,876`|
|`|Grant Applications`|||||||||`11,201`|||`11,201`||`10,251`|
|`Gift Aid Claims`||||||||||`17,990`||`17,990`||`16,202`|
|||||||||||||||`1,607`|
|`Subtotal `|||`(Gross `|||`income for`|||||||||
|||||||||`AR)`|`39,040`|`17,990`||`57,030`||`50,936`|
|`A2`<br>`Asset `|`and `||`investment`||||`sales,`||||||||
|`(see table).`|||||||||||||||
|||||||`Subtotal`|||||||||
|||||`Total`||`receipts`|||`39,040`|`17,990`||`57,030`||`50,936`|
|`A3 Payments`|||||||||||||||
|`|Charitable`<br>`Activity`|||||||||`51,159`|||`51,159`||`50,660`|
|`Fundraising`|||||||||`1,563`|||`1,563`||`647`|
|`|Administration`|||||||||`2,037`|||`2,037`||`2,371`|
|`Promotional`|`Material`||||||||`218`||||||
|||||||||||||`218`||`239`|
|||||||`Sub total`|||`54,977`|||`54,977`||`53,917`|
|`A4 Asset and `||`investment`|||||||||||||
|`purchases.`|`(see `|||`table)`|||||||||||
||||||`Sub total`||||||||||
||||`Totalpayments`||||||`54,977|`|||`54,977`||`53,917`|
|`Net of `|`receipts/(payments)`||||||||`15,937`|`T99`||`2,053`||`2,981|`|
|`A5 Transfers`||`between `|||`funds`||||||||||
|`A6 Cash funds `|||`last yearend`||||||||||||
|`Cash `|`funds `|||`this `|`year `|||`end`|`15,937`|`T,99`||`2,053`||`2,981`|



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CCXXR1accounts(SS)
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```
20/12/2025
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SectionB Statement of assetsandliabilitiesat the endoftheperiod
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|||||||||||`Unrestricted`||`Restricted`|`Endowment`|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||`Categories`||||`Details`||||`funds`||`funds`|`funds`|
|||||||||||`to nearest`|`£`|`to nearestE`|`to nearest £`|
|`B1Cash funds`||||||||||||||
|||||||||`Total`|`cash funds`|||||
|||||||`(agree `|`balances`|`with receipts and payments`||||||
||||||||||`account(s))`|||||
|||||||||||`Unrestricted`||`Restricted`|`Endowment`|
|||||||||||`funds`||`funds`|`funds`|
|||||||`Details`||||`to nearest`||`to nearest £`|`to nearest`<br>`£`|
|`B2 Other `||`monetary `|||`assets`|||||||||
|||||||||||`Fund`<br>`to which`|||`Curret`<br>`value`|
|||||||`Details`||||`asset`<br>`belongs`||`Cost (optional)`|`(optional)`|
|`B3 Investment assets`||||||||||||||
|||||||||||`Fund`<br>`to which`|||`Current`<br>`value`|
|||||||`Details`||||`asset`<br>`belongs`||`Cost (optional)`|`(optional)`|
|`B4 Assets`||`retained`|||`for the`|||||||||
|`charity's`<br>`own use`||||||||||||||
|||||||||||`Fund`<br>`to which`||`Amountdue`|`When due`|
|||||||`Details`||||`liabilityrelates`||`(optional)`|`(optional)`|
|`B5 Liabilities`||||||||||||||
|`Signed`<br>`behalf `|`by one or two`<br>`trustees on`<br> `of all the trustees`||||||`Signature`|||`Print Name`<br>`|AusTA2 UoGR`|||`Date of`<br>`approval`<br>`205`|
||||||||||||||`2o12/2s`|
|`CCXXR2 `||`accounts`||`(SS)`|||||`2`||||`20/12/2025`|





## `CHARITYCOMMISSION Independent examiner's report on the FOR ENGLAND AND WALES accounts` 

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SectionA
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IndependentExaminer'sReport
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```
ReporttothetrusteesCharityName
Made AMark
Onaccountsfortheyear31stMarch2025Charityno1178952
ended(if any)
Setoutonpages2
(remembertoincludethepagenumbersof addiionalsneets
```

```
Ireporttothe trusteesonmyexaminationoftheaccountsof the above
charity("theTrust")fortheyearended31/03/2025.
ResponsibilitiesandAsthecharity'strustees,youareresponsibleforthepreparationofthe
basisofreportaccountsinaccordancewiththerequirementsof theCharitiesAct 2011
("theAct").
I reportinrespectofmyexaminationoftheTrust'saccountscarried out
undersection145ofthe2011Actandincarryingout myexamination,
havefollowedalltheapplicableDirectionsgivenbytheCharityCommission
undersection145(5)(b)oftheAct.
IndependentIhave completedmy examination.Iconfirmthatnomaterial mattershave
examiner'sstatementcometomyattentioninconnectionwiththe examinationwhichgives me
causetobelievethatin, anymaterialrespect:
```

```
Ihavenoconcernsandhavecomeacrossnoother mattersinconnection
withtheexaminationtowhichattentionshouldbedrawninthisreport in
ordertoenableaproperunderstandingoftheaccountstobereached.
```

## `Signed:ag` 

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Date:18/12/25
```

```
Name:DeborahHagan
RelevantprofessionalLCCI&GNVQ 3 BusinessandFinance
qualification(s)or body
(if any):
Address:34 DownRoad,AlvestonBS353JR
```

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IER
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```
Oct2018
```

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1
```



## `SectionB` 

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Disclosure
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> `Only(see CC32,completeIndependentif the examinerexaminationneeds toofhighlightcharity accounts:material mattersdirectionsof concernand guidance for examiners).` 

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Giveherebriefdetails of
any itemsthatthe
examinerwishesto
disclose.
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IER
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2
```

```
Oct 2018
```



## `Made aMark` 

## `RegisteredCharityNumber1178952` 

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Ihavebeenaskedto examinetheaccountsonbehalfoftheCharity
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RespectiveResponsibilities oftrustees andexaminer
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```
The Charity'strustees are responsiblefor thepreparationthe Accounts.The Charityhas
preparedtheaccountsandI amqualifiedtoundertakeanindependentexaminationof the
accountsbyholdingaLCClandGNVQ3inBusinessandFinanceas wellasover30years
experienceasanaccountsadministrator.
```

```
Basisof independentexaminerreport
```

```
Myexaminationwas carriedout inaccordancewith the generaldirectionsgivenby theCharity
Commission.
```

```
Theexaminationincludedareviewofthe accountingrecordskeptby the charityanda
comparisonoftheaccountspresentedwith those records.It also included considerationofany
unusualitemor disclosures in theaccountsandseekingexplanationsfromyouas trustees
concerninganysuchmatters.
```

```
The proceduresundertakendonot provideall theevidence thatwouldberequiredinanaudit
andconsequentlynoopinionis givenastowhethertheaccountspresent a "trueandfairview
andthereportlimitedtothosematters set out in thestatementbelow.
```

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Independentexaminersstatement
```

```
Inconnectionwith myexamination,nomatter has come tomyattentionwhichgives me
reasonablecauseto believethatin anymaterialrespecttherequirements:
```

```
(1)TokeepaccountingrecordsinaccordancewiththeCharitiesAct; andto prepare
accountswhichaccordwith theaccountingrecordsandcomplywiththe accounting
requirementsof theCharitiesActhavenotbeenmet
```

## `Or` 

```
(2)To which,inmyopinion,attentionshouldbe drawninordertoenablea proper
understandingof the accountsto be reached.
```

```
DeborahJHagan
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```
LCCI
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```
34DownRoad,Alveston BS353JR
```

```
18thDecember2025
```