
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1[st] October 2024 to 30[th] September 2025** 

**Charity name: HAIR REBORN Charity registration number: 1185832** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To relieve the needs of cancer sufferers**<br>**who have lost/are losing their hair**<br>**through chemotherapy treatment**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**HAIR REBORN provides free advice and**<br>**hair dressing services to individuals**<br>**confronting and/or about to confront hair**<br>**loss as a result of chemotherapy**<br>**treatment. The advice and hair dressing**<br>**services are provided by one employee**<br>**and a number of salon-based volunteers**<br>**who are trained to provide the hair**<br>**dressing services at a network of salons**<br>**throughout England and (now) Scotland.**<br>**Advice is provided on a telephone**<br>**helpline and at a (now weekly) “clinic”**<br>**held at St George’s Hospital in Tooting.**<br>**(In order to deal with the additional**<br>**workload arising from the weekly clinic a**<br>**second part time employee will be added**<br>**during 2026.)**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees can confirm that they have**<br>**regard to the relevant guidance.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**HAIR REBORN has never made any**<br>**grants, and it is not anticipated that any**<br>**will be made in the future.**|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|**No such investments have arisen**|





|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**The Trustees are all volunteers, as also**<br>**are the staff at the network of**<br>**hairdressing salons where the services**<br>**are provided.**|
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|Other||**None**|



## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**The Trustees continue to believe that**<br>**HAIR REBORN is well regarded within the**<br>**hair dressing “industry”, many hospital**<br>**cancer units and other cancer related**<br>**charities.**<br>**By September 2025 HAIR REBORN had**<br>**provided advice to over 2,000 individuals.**<br>**Of these over 870 had been referred to**<br>**the free in salon hair dressing services**<br>**helping them achieve a new manageable**<br>**hairstyle and to regain their confidence**<br>**and self-esteem.**<br>**The Trustees strongly believe (as is**<br>**evidenced by the very positive feedback**<br>**received from those helped) that the free**<br>**advice and hair dressing services**<br>**provided are really appreciated by and**<br>**are of considerable benefit to those who**<br>**receive them.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Achievements against<br>objectives set|<br>Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||





Other 

## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**In the Annual Return for the year ended**<br>**30th September 2024 it was reported that**<br>**a deficit had been incurred, but that the**<br>**Trustees were taking steps to seek a**<br>**return to a surplus being generated.**<br>**The Trustees are pleased to report that a**<br>**surplus (£1,172) was achieved in the year**<br>**ended 30th September 2025, and the**<br>**indications are that such will also be the**<br>**case in 2026.**<br>**However, the Trustees are in no way**<br>**complacent about the need to continue to**<br>**seek new income sources as regards**<br>**both grants and donations. It is also**<br>**hoped that “sponsorship” of the advice**<br>**services provided at St George’s will be**<br>**agreed.**|
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|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The reserves held are required to meet**<br>**the day-to-day operating costs and**<br>**expenses, so as to ensure that HAIR**<br>**REBORN can continue to provide its**<br>**advice and hair dressing services.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£23,137**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**n/a**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||





Other 

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated**<br>**Organisation**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**As a Charitable Incorporated**<br>**Organisation**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**The Trustees are all volunteers who are**<br>**considered to have the necessary skills,**<br>**knowledge and experience to ensure the**<br>**effective management and control of the**<br>**activities of HAIR REBORN.**<br>**Trustees serve for a three year term but**<br>**may be may re-elected for further terms.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|HAIR REBORN|
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|Other name the charity uses|n/a|
|Registered charity number|1185832|





|Charity’s principal address|235 Burntwood Lane|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Kirsten Bodley|Chair|||
||Guiseppe (Joe)<br>Milazzo||||
||Robert Knight|Treasurer|||
||Natalie Snijders||||
||Helena Deirdre<br>Spencer-Silver||Appointed 15 September<br>2025||
||Deborah Hyde||Resigned 15 September<br>2025||
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– 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 n/a held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

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## **Declarations** 

**The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature Full name(s)** ROBERT LEONARD HARRY KNIGHT **Position (eg Secretary,** Hon Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 10[th] July 2026 



HAIR REBORN
Charity No: 1185832
Balan￿ Sheet as at 30th September 2025
31>Se*25
3&W-24
Current Assets
Cash at Bank
Prepay1r￿t {￿ Marnthon tyi)
22,224.10
Computer
1,638.95
824.95
814.
1,366.6
Uabllltles
Cr&litors. Due within 0￿ year
HMRC ￿ PAYEINI
Credltors . Due after rrK)re than one
Total Net Assets
23.137.16
21,965.63
SurrAus yle 30 Sep 2019
Surplus yle 30 Sep 2020
Surpqus yle 30 Sep 2021
Surplus yle 30 Sep 2022
Surplus yle 30 Sep 2023
I￿10ty/e 30 Sep 2024
rplus yle 20 SeFt 2025
528.51
2,724.55
747.47
22,295.67
3,664.58
7,995.15
1,171.53
528.51
2,724.55
747.47
22,295.67
3,664.58
7,995.15
23,137.16
2],￿5.63
R L H l(night FCA

HAIR REBORN
Charity No.. 1185832
Income and Expenditure A(c￿nt for the prnl 1st OLtobw 2024 to 30th September 2025
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Grant
Pink Riti
Donations GLOWWA 3 peaks walk
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Wilkjws Hair
Caw WIllKin
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Colknbon Boxes
Easy FuThJra1￿ng
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Aderar￿ Fash￿￿ Show
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Chetsea & Wtsirnin5ter
8,Ci)O.C
4,894.99
170.
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289.50
260.
I,1￿.72
240.C
768.55
475.50
201.40
3,595.20
579.70
100.oj
3,686.(Kl
1,019.55
462.95
449.01
405.00
1,250.00
66.92
Totsl IrKome
24,711.61
14,623.46
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Tdephone and Postage
Ststionery
Travel, ACCoff￿￿ arKI Pathrtsj
Salary (net)
PAYEINI
Fundraising Consultsnt
CepKeciation
Tctsl EX￿nd(tU
405.00
198.00
216.IN)
51.98
133.50
129.76
146.38
180.38
393.46
17,678.16
4,198.98
1,950.00
272.95
22,618.61
552.
23,540.08
Defidt
1,171.53
7,995.15
R L H Knight FCA