Trustees. Annual Report for the period Pefiod start date Permxl end date From Section A Reference and administration details Charity name The Toy Apal Other names charity is known by Registered Charity nlber (rf ary 117908() Charity's principal address Flat C.2201 9 Owen Sireet Manchester M15 4UL Names of the charity trustees vtho manage the charity Office {rf any) Dkn athd rf not for Name of person lor bodyl entitlèd T*tle year to apFrf)int trustse Irf any) Deirdre Drake Chairman Christopher Drake Secretary Christine Yeates Treasurer Angela Kinder Media Speaalist Names of the trustees for the charity. rf any, {for example, any custodian trustees Name Dates acted rf not for whole year
Names ana aaaresses ol aavisers luptnal IntomHtyoni Name Address Type of advisor Name of chief executive or nanRs of senior staff membws {Optional inforn)ation Section B Structure, governance and management Doscriplion of the charity's trusts Type of goveming document Constitution cio Trustee selection methods Appointed by trustees Additional governance issues (Optional information) You may choose to include No changes Sin charty registered additional information, where relevant, about.. policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees, the chanty's organisational structure and any wider network with which the charrty works" relationship with any related parties,. trustees, consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities The relief of need of wple wl)o are in need by &son of youth, age, 1ll-hLth. disability. financial hardship OT other disadvantage, across the ' Summary of the objects of the ' North Wesi UK Region. including Greatrr Manchester, Cheshire and charity set out in its governing Lancashire. through the provision of: documènt i) Presents. toys. leddie& crnft iicm5 and IKM)ks to children aged 0-17 who would not oiherwise receive them.
We have storage faolth.es in Cheshire and Hale Bams where ', donated presents, teddies and books can be dropped off to be checkaJ and sorted. We also use these storage facil"eS to store all toys we purchase arKI to we distribLrte the Christrnas toy sacks from our Cheshire Storage site. We sort through donated teddies & toys ensuring they are a high qualty. Any not of a sufficient qualty or which have been defaced in some way are either repaired, recycled or donated to other chartties wrthin the area. All teddies donated are washed, dried and stored unbl needed, in 2025 this equated to approx..4000 teddies. tif ali milies All children requiring support from The Toy Appeal are referred to us via their school, S(31 worker or food bank The Toy Appeal liaises only through these methcmjs and does not engage directly wrth the children or their families. Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the ststutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefft) Approximately 1 % of the toys required lo fill the toy sacks are provided through donations of toys (companbes or indivmduals). meaning 99¥0 of the toys need to be purchased through whoSaIers. we do this by holding futidraising events through the year and also through a Justgiving pa9e, where people can support a child by funding their Christmas sad(. We run several volunteer days across a year. l ) Sort day at the storage facilty - usually in January to take deliver of large volumes of purchased toys 2) Sort day at the storage facility - usualty in February to sort any donated teddies into age groups. 3) Toy sack creation days for ages O 10 12 years. where we pre make all the toy sacks for these ages and leave them in storage unb'l we distnbute them in early DeMber. We do this stage between April and October 4) Engaging with the sctMx)Is, social wothers and food banks to assess their dernand for Toy sacks for the current year- usually in Sept 5) Creation of teenage present sacks - Sept to Nov 6) Final sort.arKI delNery days - On a year in December over 5 days. we distribute the sacks to the schools, food banks, and social seprfice faciltties who have nominated the children to receive a toy sack, these are delivered in time for Christmas.
Additional details of objectives and activities Ioptional inf0mtiOn} You may choose to indude further statements, where relevant, about.. policy on grantmaking; policy programme related investment", contribution made by volunteers.
ection ievements an pe ormance Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year We were able to support over 9000 children In 2025 with amazing support from our donors and supporters. To date we have provided our toy sacks to 75.000 children. In each toy sack we were able to add - A main present Books Craft item Sports rtem teddy bear (age appropnate) Game stocking filler All items are age appropriate The contents are worth approx. £25 (wholesale) per toy sack Everyone involved wrth The Toy Appeal is a volunteer. The Toy Appeal bring joy to not only the children and families we support, but also to those who support us and know what a drfFeren they are making to a child who doesn't expect any presents to open on Christrnas moming. Section E Financial review Brief statement of the charlty's policy on reserves Any funds not used in the current year are held in reserve at the end of the each year to enable us to purchase toys with the Toy wholesalers early. We always ty to ensure we have some funds to COMTnen the following year, as due to the number of children we support and the number of toys. books and teddies required, we need to pla toy orders with the Vtholesalers in Q1 to ensure they can meet our demand. Details of any funds materially in deficit
Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report alVe. Signed on behall of the Slgnature(s) Full narn(s) Chrfstlne Yeates Position {eg Secretary, Chair. etc) ' Chalrnmn Treasurer ILluuILoL aal& lak? J2
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MissJH t>orricott CGMA 41 Worcester Iload. Swinton. Manchester M27 9RP 2(Jh June 2026 Christine Yeates Treasurer- The Toy Appeal Dear Christine, Many thanks for the opportunity to independently examine the 2025 Accounts for the Toy Appeal. l am able to confim that I have reviewed. and sample checked the attached Accounts and supporting documentation and believe they represent a t and fair view of the financial activities of the Toy Appeal in 2025 The contro15 you have worked. over the years. to put in place are paying drvidends and provide a strong auditable set of accounts I look fonvard to examining the 2026 Accounts in the near future. Yours sincerelv Jo Dorricott CGMA