## **LFofCF Trustee’s Annual Report** **Period:** 10/09/2023 - 09/09/2024 **Charity Name:** Leah’s Friends of CF **Other names charity known by:** LFofCF **Registered Charity Number:** 1186005 **Charity’s principal address:** 80 Kendal Drive, Maghull, Liverpool, L31 9BA ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity:** |**Trustee name**|**Ofce (if any)**| |---|---| |Peter McGing|Chair| |Anne McGing|| |Alan Downey|Secretary| |Amanda Downey|| |Stephen Hayes|Treasurer| |Karen Hayes|| ## **Names and addresses of advisors:** |**Type of advisor**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |Bank|Santander PLC|2 Triton Square, Regent’s Place, London,| |||NW1 3AN| ## **Structure, Governance & Management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts:** |**Type of governing document**|Constitution adopted 10/09/2019| |---|---| |**How the charity is constituted**|Incorporated Organisation| |**Trustee selection methods**|Trustees are appointed or reappointed every two| ||years at the annual general meeting.| ## **Objectives & Activities** ## **Summary of the charity’s objectives:** For the public benefit the relief of sickness and the preservation and protect good health among persons suffering from Cystic Fibrosis, their families and carers, residing in England and Wales in particular by making grants of financial assistance designed to relieve the needs of, and help, such people. ## **Summary of the main activities undertaken:** In the making of grants, the charity liaises with the CF community, hospitals and social workers to identify individuals who would most benefit from the charity’s support. We are grateful for the support received from volunteers who identify people for the making of grants and for their fundraising activities, which maintain the financial status of the charity. ## **Achievements & Performance** ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year:** Twenty three grants were made during the reporting period. Total amount ‘gifted’ - £14636.97 Other Outgoings:- £1053.24 - postage for brochures, admin/envelopes, refs when meeting families, promotions (banners etc), Gifts to young fundraisers, Infinity Walk payments, which was recouped through the fundraising efforts. No donations were made to any other charities. The Online bonus ball draw continues to generate £290.00 per month. A number of people have completed challenges or raised money through other means. A total of £18223.43 was received in donations, during the reporting period. The Annual Ball raised £3691.96. There was an opening balance of £21541.87 The closing balance for the account of £31649.63. The balance for income and outgoings for 2023 - 2024 is £10107.76. ## **Financial Review** ## **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves:** Cash in the business bank account as at 09/09/2024 was £31649.63 There are no operational costs for the charity as all work undertaken is voluntary. The main financial risk to the charity is the loss of funding, however this would only impact of the charity’s ability to provide grants. ## **Additional Information** A financial spreadsheet is in place for the recording of all monies related to the charity’s activities, which can be cross referenced with the banking transactions should the Trustee’s or other relevant people wish to examine. There is no investment policy as all monies are held within the business account. ## **Other information** Nothing to report during this period ## **Declaration** ## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees report above.** ## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** Signature: Full name: Stephen George Hayes Position: Treasurer Date: 04/12/2024 Table 1 |**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024**|**TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**TransactionsNameReason**||||||||**Donations (Credits) Rafes**|||||**B/Ball Winners Other OutgoingNominations**||||||||**Ball in**||**Ball out Bank Balance**|||| |**Company:**||Charity - LFofCF 1186005||||||||||||||||||||||||| |**Address:**||80 Kendal Drive, Maghull, L31 9BA||||||||||||||||||||||||| |**Tel:**||07718 171581||||||||||||||||||||||||| |**PERIOD**||10th Sept 2023 - 9th Sept 2024||||||||||||||||||||||||| |**DATE**||||**DESCRIPTION**||**ANALYSIS**||**DONATIONS**
**(CREDITS)**|||**RAFFLES**||**RAFFLES/BONUS**
**BALL WINNERS**|||**OTHER OUTGOINGS**||**DONATIONS TO**
**CF’s**|||**BALL IN**||**BALL**
**OUT**||**BALANCE**|| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |**10/09/2023**|||**Opening Balance**||||||||||||||||||||||**21541.87**|| |**30/09/2023**|||**Month end balances**||||||**1145.97**||**400.00**|||**0**||**5.49**|||**0**||**615.00**||**14.98**||**23682.37**|| |**31/10/2023**|||**Month end balances**||||||**1534.96**||**1150.00**|||**600.00**||**25.74**||**1500.00**|||**10210.00**|**10107.40**|||**22313.69**|| |**30/11/2023**|||**Month end balances**||||||**3475.81**||**1850.00**|||**900.00**||**25.74**||**1740.00**|||**14985.00**|**11214.04**|||**28082.90**|| |**31/12/2023**|||**Month end balances**||||||**3595.03**||**2300.00**|||**900.00**||**25.74**||**2156.98**|||**15840.00**|**11214.04**|||**28891.14**|| |**31/01/2024**|||**Month end balances**||||||**3604.64**||**3020.00**|||**1500.00**||**453.24**||**3510.74**|||**15865.00**|**11214.04**|||**27264.49**|| |**28/02/2024**|||**Month end balances**||||||**4041.86**||**3560.08**|||**1800.00**||**453.24**||**5434.50**|||**15895.00**|**11214.04**|||**26048.03**|| |**31/03/2024**|||**Month end balances**||||||**4499.72**||**4090.08**|||**2100.00**||**453.24**||**6866.25**|||**15895.00**|**11908.04**|||**24610.14**|| |**30/04/2024**|||**Month end balances**||||||**9771.33**||**4752.58**|||**2400.00**||**453.24**||**10417.97**|||**15895.00**|**11908.04**|||**26692.53**|| |**31/05/2024**|||**Month end balances**||||||**12883.49**||**5412.58**|||**2700.00**||**903.24**||**11017.97**|||**15895.00**|**12203.04**|||**28819.69**|| |**30/06/2024**|||**Month end balances**||||||**16967.27**||**5982.58**|||**2700.00**||**1013.24**||**13016.97**|||**15895.00**|**12203.04**|||**31563.47**|| |**31/07/2024**|||**Month end balances**||||||**18193.80**||**6642.58**|||**3290.00**||**1053.24**||**13516.97**|||**15895.00**|**12203.04**|||**32320.00**|| |**31/08/2024**|||**Month end balances**||||||**18193.80**||**7222.58**|||**3290.00**||**1053.24**||**14036.97**|||**15895.00**|**12203.04**|||**32380.00**|| |**09/09/2024**|||**Year end balance**||||||**18223.43**||**7362.58**|||**3590.00**||**1053.24**||**14636.97**|||**15955.97**|**12264.01**|||**31649.63**|| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||**END OF YEAR SUMMARY FOR 2022 - 2023**|||||||||||||||| |||1.**OPENING BALANCE £21541.87**||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||**INCOME**||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||2. Donations (incoming)**£18223.43**||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||3.**Rafes / bonus ball income**||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||4. £7362.58 raised through rafes / bonus ball||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||5. £3590.00 paid out in prizes for rafes**BALANCE £3772.58**||||||||||||||||||||||||| 1 |**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024 TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024 TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024 TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024 TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024 TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024 TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024 TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024 TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024 TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024 TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024 TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024 TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|**ACCOUNTS 2023 - 2024 TREASURER - MR S G HAYES**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**actionsNameReasonDonations (Credits) RafesB/Ball Winners Other OutgoingNominations Ball in Ball out Bank Balance**
**Trans**|||||||||||||| |||6.**BALL 2023 - £3691.96**|||||||||||| |||TOTAL INCOME RAISED:**£25687.97**|||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| |||**OUTGOINGS:**|||||||||||| |||7.**NOMINATIONS - £14636.97**|||||||||||| |||8. Other outgoings / expenses**£1053.24 (Sky walk etc)**|||||||||||| |||TOTAL OUTGOINGS:**£15690.21**|||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| |||**TOTAL CLOSING BALANCE FOR 2024: £31649.63**|||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| 2 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Leah’s Friends of CF **On accounts for the year** 2023/24 **Charity no** 1186005 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **DD / MM / YYYY** . - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of **basis of report** 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** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** 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._ **Date:** 19[th] December 2024 **Signed: Name:** Ann Henders 1 **October 2018** **IER** **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** School Business Manager (Retired) **Address:** 52 Station Road Barton West Lancs L39 7JN **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). 2 **October 2018** **IER** **Give here brief details** No Concerns **of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 3 **October 2018** **IER**