Trustees. Annual Report for the period
Pefiod start date
Permxl end date
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Section A
Reference and administration details
Charity name
The Toy Ap￿al
Other names charity is known by
Registered Charity n￿lber (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*t￿le 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 lupt￿nal 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-hL￿th. 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
who￿SaIers. 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 De￿Mber. 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 inf0m￿tiOn}
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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 al￿Ve.
Signed on behall of the
Slgnature(s)
Full narn(s)
Chrfstlne Yeates
Position {eg
Secretary, Chair. etc)
' Chalrnmn
Treasurer
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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