## **The Monsters Foundation** ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period to 31 December 2025** The Trustees present their report for the period from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. ## **Reference and administrative details** ## _**The charity name**_ The legal name of the charity is The Monsters Foundation. ## _**The charity's areas of operation and UK charitable registration**_ The Charity operates in England & Wales and is registered with the Charity Commission with number 1181707. ## _**Legal structure of the charity**_ The charity is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered under the Charity Commission in England & Wales and its governing document is a written constitution. The Governing Document is dated 19 January 2019. ## _**Trustees**_ The trustees who served as a trustee in the reporting period were as shown below, and there were no changes during the year, or in the period between the year end and the approval of the accounts **.** Ian Donald MacKenzie Chair (appointed 23 January 2019) Janet Melanie Anderson-MacKenzie (appointed 23 January 2019) All trustees are members of the charity. ## _**Principal Operating Address**_ The principal operating address and contact details of the charity are 43 Coxwell Street Cirencester GL7 2BQ Email: enquiries@themonstersfoundation.org.uk ## _**Bankers**_ NatWest 30 High Street Chippenham SN15 3HB 1 ## **Objects and activities of the charity** ## _**The purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document**_ The object of the CIO is, for the public benefit, to further such exclusively charitable purposes according to the law of England and Wales as the Charity Trustees in their absolute discretion from time to time determine. ## _**The main activities undertaken in relation to those purposes during the period**_ The charity aims to carry out its purpose by - making grants to individuals, organisations and other charities within its purposes During the period, the trustees made the decision to cease operating, and dispose of, the minibus and so currently solely meets its aims through grant making. One grant was made in the period. ## _**The main activities undertaken during the period to further the charity's purpose for the public benefit**_ Until 31 March 2025, the charity made available a minibus which provided benefit to other charitable organisations. One grant was made to an individual as part of the individual’s fundraising activity for Sue Ryder Foundation. The trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit in managing the activities of the charity. ## **The main achievements and performance of the charity during the period** During the year the charity disposed of its minibus given low usage and increasing costs. One grant was made in the period. ## _**Fundraising activities during the year**_ The charity relies on donations from individuals and organisations in terms of grant aid. There have been no fundraising activities. ## _**The difference the charity's performance during the year has made to the beneficiaries of the charity and the benefit to wider society**_ The grant made was to an individual as part of the individual’s fund-raising activity for Sue Ryder Foundation, a registered charity. ## **Structure, governance and management of the charity** ## _**The methods used to recruit and appoint new charity trustees**_ The Trustees consider recruitment of new Trustees as the need arises. Potential trustees would be provided with information about the organisation, its activities and objectives, roles and expectations of Trustees plus other supporting information. A new Trustee would be provided with information on the activities and finances of the charity, together with Charity Commission guidance and codes of conduct related to the roles and responsibilities of Trustees. 2 ## _**The charity's financial position at the end of the period to 31 December 2025**_ The financial position of the charity as at 31 December 2025, as more fully detailed in the accounts, can be summarised as follows: ||**2025**|**2024**| |---|---|---| |**Net income**|(£529)|£548| |||| |**Funds of the charity**||| |Unrestricted Revenue Funds
available for the general
purposes of the charity|£23|£552| |**Total unrestricted funds**|£23|£552| |||| |**Total restricted funds**|Nil|Nil| |||| The trustees confirm, in accordance with the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (General) Regulations 2012, that at year end the CIO did not have any outstanding guarantees to third parties nor any debts secured on assets of the CIO. ## _**Financial review of the position at the reporting date, 31 December 2024**_ The trustees note the financial performance by the charity during the period giving rise to a deficit of £529 leading to funds at the end of the period of £23. The trustees consider the financial performance by the charity during the period to have been satisfactory. ## _**Policies on reserves**_ It is the policy of the trustees to build reserves to provide for future grant making. Whilst the reserves are current nil, the trustees expect to build them over time. ## _**Availability and adequacy of assets of each of the funds**_ The trustees are satisfied that the charity's assets in each fund are available and adequate to fulfil its obligations in respect of each fund. ## **Approval of this report** This report was approved by resolution of the trustees on 1 March 2026. Ian MacKenzie Janet Anderson-MacKenzie 3 CHARITY COMM15510N FOR ENGLAND AND WALE5 T.)c. Mon•t•r• Fau￿￿￿10￿ 111t707 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the portod frorn To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted fvnds Endowinent funds Toral fund• La•ty•Jr ttithè r￿Ar*StÈ A1 Recel ts ￿￿￿(10n5. W ift RgfvDtt5of￿X Insuranro 2,700 107 1700 107 Sub lolallGross irJc(Kne fyARI A2 Assel and InY¢stm•nt SAI4$, s•• tabl•. Inibus MW10NTG 5,307 2,30B IJfjB Sub tota 2,366 1566 A3 Pa th*nt8 1204 M￿￿rat￿n Cttarrttho GNI Sub tota 204 A4 Asset and Inv•stment UrChas￿, seè tsblo Sub tota 204 Plet of receipts/lpayrnents) - A5 Transfers b•twè•n fundi A6 Cash fund5 lastyear •nd C&sh funds Ihls year end 552 23 23 Section B Statement of asset5 and liabilitie5 at the end of the period Uthfy$tri¢ts fund R¢$tri¢i*d fund fund$ B1 Cash funds Total Gash fvnds 23 Uthr*•trl¢igd fund$ EThdowm•Tht lund6 1Dn•4r•it£ I￿￿•￿￿t£ ta B2 (Xherfflonotary a•••ts bDI 83 Inv•atm•nt aBA•ts Fundta*thkh C￿￿t￿U* B4 Assets retalned torth• charfty's own use n1￿&￿￿*0mTG.SO￿ WI 2￿25 UnTe￿n(￿d BS Llabllths S￿natUre Nam Daieof approval N MACKENZIE JANET ANDERSON-MACKENZIE 01-￿ts1.26 Th&tru#¢gS in a¢¢¢rd¥WVJth ¢hanLablÈ lffwrrw*él (wrmsa￿offt$(G¢n￿a1j R¢gvW*2012. thgt•lywgndtr*¢lO not h anyoui¥tandry g￿rant•￿t￿ts￿rd paths dwbtss￿￿t4d &15qtsoftho CIO.