## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 November 2024 Period start date To 31 October 2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Chernobyl Children (East Midlands** ## **Charity registration number: 1185795** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The relief and assistance of children and their
families in Belarus and the Ukraine who are the
victms of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster,
in partcular by raising funds to support the
charitable work of organisatons established to:
(a) enable afected child victms to visit the UK
for recuperatve breaks; (b) alleviate social and
economic hardshipin afected families.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Chernobyl Children (East Midlands) has
established systems of governance and liquidity.
Close contact has been maintained with
Chernobyl Children's Lifeline (The helping hand
for Ukraine) which is the main benefciary of the
Charity'sgrant making.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees of Chernobyl Children (East
Midlands) have had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity Commission on public
beneft.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Chernobyl Children (East Midlands) has a policy
on grant making which documents the
background, policies and procedures that are to
be followed when grants are made to
organisatons to further the charitable objects..| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Chernobyl Children (East Midlands) does not
have an investment policy related to investment.
In the reportng year, the focus has been on
liquidity. As the reserves of the Charity grow, the
Trustees will developa suitable investment| |||policy| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|In this reportng period Chernobyl Children (East
Midlands) has been operated by volunteers
supervised by a manager employed by the
charity. The volunteers support of the shop
operatons and have been critcal to the
sustainabilityof the Charity.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Chernobyl Children (East Midlands) supported

a Christmas Project in Poland which
involved bringing 40 children from
Ukraine and a further 50 Ukrainian
children refugees in Poland for a short
Christmas break.

Refurbishing a laundrete block at
Borodyanka Hospital| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity is a going concern| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhytheyare held|Para 1.22|The Charity will hold reserves to ensure
adequate cash fow and the ability to pay any
liabilites that are not charged monthly.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|A minimum cash balance of £15k will be
retained in the charitycurrent| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|No funds are in defcit| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Not applicable| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
During the reportng year the principal source of
funds was through trading in the charity shop.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Consttuton (dated 12th October 2019)| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisaton| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Appointed by existng Trustees| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|CHERNOBYL CHILDREN(EAST MIDLANDS)| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Not applicable| |Registered charity number|1185795| |Charity’s principal address|37 MILL STREET, CLOWNE, CHESTERFIELD, S43 4JN| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||STEPHEN HAYDN
DANDO|||| ||LIZ COATES|||| ||PETER FISHER||01/11/2024 – 25/12/2024|| ||PETER BROOKER||06/02/2025 – 31/10/2025|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|Not applicable| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** Elizabeth Coates **Signature(s)** Stephen Dando Elizabeth Coates **Full name(s)** Stephen Dando **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 21/04/2026 ||**Chernobyl Children (East Midlands)**
**1**|**Chernobyl Children (East Midlands)**
**1**|**Chernobyl Children (East Midlands)**
**1**|**Chernobyl Children (East Midlands)**
**1**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
1st November 2024|**To**||| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**56,216**
**1**
**-**
**56,218**
**-**
**-**
**56,218**
**11,700**
**1,932**
**760**
**97**
**1,231**
**1,250**
**16,267**
**1,795**
**450**
**2,040**
**602**
**1,917**
**877**
**26,000**
**588**
**67,506**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**67,506**
**- 11,288**
**49,561**
**38,273**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Sales||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|**56,216**
**-**
**1**
**-**
**56,218**|**57,851**| |Council Grants|||**-**||**-**| |Interest received|||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|||**-**||**57,851**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|| ||||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**|||||| |||**-**|**-**|**56,218**|**57,851**| ||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||| |Rent||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|**11,700**
**1,932**
**760**
**97**
**1,231**
**1,250**
**16,267**
**1,795**
**450**
**2,040**
**602**
**1,917**
**877**
**26,000**
**588**
**67,506**|**11,700**| |Utilities|||**-**||**1,078**| |Telecommunications|||**-**||**751**| |Repairs and maintenance|||**-**||**655**| |Office costs|||**-**||**126**| |Travel|||**-**||**1,718**| |Wages|||**-**||**12,480**| |Rates|||||**1,955**| |Water rates|||||**-**| |Cleaning|||||**1,436**| |Insurance|||||**805**| |Accountancy fees|||||**1,744**| |Professional fees|||||**-**| |Charitable donations|||||**20,540**| |Bank charges|||**-**||**597**| |**_Sub total_**|||**-**||**55,585**| ||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**| ||||**-**||| |**_Sub total_**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||| |||**-**|**-**|**67,506**|**55,585**| ||||||| |||**-**
**-**|**-**|**- 11,288**
**-**
**49,561**
**38,273**|**2,266**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**47,295**| ||||**-**||**49,561**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Bank Account
#
Till float
Petty Cash float
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Accountancy Accrual
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||# **38,173**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**49,461**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**100**||**100**| |||**38,273**||| |||OK
**to nearest £**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**||OK| |||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |||||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**When due**
**(optional)**| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||Date of
approval| |||||| |||||| ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/ members of** Charity Name Chernobyl Children (East Midlands) **On accounts for the year ended** 31[st] October 2025 **Charity no (if any)** 1185795 ## **Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31[st] October 2025. As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed:** **Date:** 31/03/2026 Julie Robinson **Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** CGMA, ACMA, MAAT **Address:** 1 **March 2022** **IER** Footprints Accountancy Ltd 24 Napier Court, Gander Lane Chesterfield, S43 4PZ ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). ## **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **March 2022** **IER**