## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 04 2025 **To** 31 03 2026 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Head & Neck Cancer and Rhinology Trust **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1180082 **Charity's principal address** c/o 4[th] Floor, Eldon Chambers 30-32 Fleet Street London **Postcode EC4Y 1AA** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Karen Wint|Chair||| ||Dr Amie Mertens|Trustee||| ||Christoph
Lausecker|Trustee|21/01/2026 – 31/03/2026|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**
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**Address**||| |**Accountant**|Kershen Fairfax Ltd|4thFloor, Eldon Chambers, 30-32 Fleet Street, London,
EC4Y 1AA| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** **FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH INTO PREVENTION, EARLY DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV)-ASSOCIATED HEAD AND NECK CANCER AND OTHER HEAD AND NECK CANCERS BY THE PROVISION OF RESEARCH GRANTS AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.** March **2012** **TAR** 2 **Host of the annual EUSICA/INSICA international meeting in May 2025, in collaboration with Oncology Professional Care. A two day interdisciplinary clinical and research meeting bringing together the top researchers and clinicians/ surgeons from across the world in the field of rare head and neck tumours, sinonasal cancers and brain tumours. Running alongside this was a skull base surgery skill course for surgical trainees.** **Development and expansion of the HNCR Trust Instagram account. Led voluntarily by a Medical Doctor.** **Continued membership of the NCVO.** **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to The Trustees have supported events and activities in regard to the these objects (include within guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit (PB1). this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 3 ## Section D Achievements and performance **The charity has had its largest income during the tax year 24/25, Summary of the main since its establishment in 2018. This was due to hosting the achievements of the charity EUSICA/INSICA-Brain conference in collaboration with Oncology during the year Professional Care. This was a unique opportunity for the Trustees to be involved with such a large international event and provided valuable experience in event management for the future.** **As such, it is expected that a similar event will be hosted in 2026/27. The usual income of the charity comes from Donations from individuals and other charities. The money received this year was retained in the bank account to ensure core operating payments could be made. It is expected that the balance carried forward will be used to cover the same core operating payments in 2026/27 along with contributing towards planned event costs.** March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** **The charity has no specific policy on reserves as income each year is neither regular nor known in advance. As such funds will only be spent if there are sufficient cash reserves.** **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** _A Mertens_ **Full name(s)** Dr A Mertens **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee **etc) Date** 09/07/2026 March **2012** **TAR** 5