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

**From  1-10-2020 Period start date   To 30-9-2021   Period end date Charity name: THREE BEARS FOUNDATION** 

## **Charity registration number: 1186954** 

## **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|The object of the three bears foundation is:<br>The advancement of health and the saving<br>of lives of people with cancer in particular<br>but not limited to people with pancreatic<br>cancer.<br>The above object will be achieved by such<br>means as the Charity Trustees see fit from<br>time to time and may include, but shall not<br>be limited to:<br>(i)<br>making grants to groups or<br>service providers working with<br>individual families & groups<br>living with a diagnosis of cancer.<br>and<br>(ii)<br>provide grants to charities<br>involved in cancer research.<br>(iii)<br>Raising awareness of the<br>symptoms and impact of cancer.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The Three Bears Foundation was<br>constrained in the number of activities it<br>could undertake in the reporting period<br>because of the continuing Covid-19<br>restrictions.<br>The key fundraising activities were:<br>•<br>Donations<br>•<br>A golf day<br>•<br>The sale of merchandise<br>Income from the above-mentioned activities<br>totalled £13,024.22.<br>Costs were incurred during the period in the<br>sum of £4,985.86 which included fees paid<br>to host the golf day, the purchase of<br>merchandise for resale, and marketing and<br>administrative costs.|





During the period the Three Bears Foundation continued to maintain its profile, raise awareness about pancreatic cancer and planed fundraising events that could be held post-lockdown. Statement confirming Para 1.18 The Trustees have had regard to the whether the trustees have guidance issued by the Charity had regard to the guidance Commission on public benefit and the notes issued by the Charity to the accounts address the areas of Commission on public disclosure required under the Charities benefit SORP (FRS 102). 

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


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## **Achievements and Performance** 

SORP reference 



|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|In the period ended September 2021 due<br>to the ongoing challenge of the Covid-19<br>pandemic the charity’s fundraising activities<br>were limited to donations, the sale of<br>merchandise and a golf day event.  This<br>continued to frustrate our objective of<br>providing grants to groups or service<br>providers working with people living with a<br>diagnosis of cancer as well as providing<br>grants to charities involved in cancer<br>research.<br>Throughout the pandemic Trustees<br>attended regular virtual and face to face<br>business networking sessions to increase<br>awareness of the symptoms and impact of<br>cancer.     The Three Bears Foundation<br>continued to be the resident Charity of four<br>networking groups and during the period<br>met with approximately 100-150<br>businesses and individuals during<br>networking sessions.|
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**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|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** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The Three Bears Foundation financial<br>position at 30-09-2021 was cash in the<br>bank in the sum of £12,300.88.  This was<br>the Charity’s free reserves.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Charity currently holds free reserves<br>for:<br>•<br>Cessation reserve - to ensure that<br>all liabilities can be discharged in<br>the event of the charity’s closure.<br>•<br>Working capital reserve - to provide<br>working capital in the event that<br>expenditure is needed ahead of<br>income being received.<br>•<br>Opportunity reserve - to provide<br>funding for new initiatives or<br>opportunities.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£12,300.88|
|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** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|‘Foundation’ Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|The Three Bears Foundation is a<br>Charitable Incorporated 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|Apart from the first Charity Trustees, every<br>trustee must be appointed for a term of<br>three years by a resolution passed at a<br>properly convened meeting of the Charity<br>Trustee.|



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



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Three Bears Foundation|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1186954|
|Charity’s principal address|21 SIM BALK LANE<br>BISHOPTHORPE<br>YORK<br>YO23 2QH|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**<br>**entitled to appoint trustee**<br>**(ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Christopher James Burn|Chair||Charity Trustees to<br>reappoint|
||Joseph Peter Swales|Trustee||Charity Trustees to<br>reappoint|
||Stephen Mark Burn|Trustee||Charity Trustees to<br>reappoint|
||Emma May Eleanor<br>Hargreaves|Trustee||Charity Trustees to<br>reappoint|
||Nicholas Alexander<br>Stephen|Trustee|Appointed 13-12-2021|Charity Trustees to<br>reappoint|
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** Christopher James Burn Joseph Peter Swales Stephen Mark Burn Emma May Eleanor Hargreaves Nicholas Alexander Stephen 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
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|Stephen Mark Burn||Merchandise stock|
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## **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)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|||
|**N/A**|N/A|N/A|
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
|None|||



None 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

N/A 

## **Other optional information** 

N/A 



## **Declarations** 

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

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

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||<br>Stephen Mark Burn||
||<br>Trustee||
||27-7-2022||
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|**THE THREE BEARS FOUNDATION**|**THE THREE BEARS FOUNDATION**|**THE THREE BEARS FOUNDATION**|**1186955**|
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|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||
|**For the period**<br>**from**|01-Oct-20|**To**|30-Sep-21|



## **CC16a** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**12,854**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**12,854**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**12,854**<br>**4,986**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **4,986**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**4,986**<br>**7,868**<br>**-**<br>**4,433**<br>**12,301**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**12,854**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**12,854**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**12,854**<br>**4,986**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4,986**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4,986**<br>**7,868**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**12,854**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**12,854**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**12,854**<br>**4,986**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4,986**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4,986**<br>**7,868**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Total receipts|**12,854**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**12,854**|||||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**-**|
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|<br>Totalpayments|**4,986**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**4,986**|||||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**-**|
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||**7,868**|**-**|**-**|**7,868**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**4,433**|**-**|**-**|**4,433**||**-**|
||**12,301**|**-**|**-**|**12,301**||**-**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

30/07/2022 

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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Cash at Bank<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**12,301**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**12,301**<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||||||**-**|
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||Signature<br>**Details**<br>**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>S.M.BURN||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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||||||||Date of<br>approval|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

30/07/2022 

2 



## **Notes to the Accounts** 

- 1 Disclosure of trustees’ remuneration and benefits 

- None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity. 

## 2 Disclosure of trustees’ expenses 

No trustee expenses have been incurred during the period. 

## 3 Disclosure of related party transactions 

There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period that require disclosure. 

4 Disclosure of audit, independent examination and other financial service fees There have been no fees incurred during the period for audit, independent examination or other financial service fees. 

## 5 Disclosure of ex-gratia payments 

No ex-gratia payments were made by the Charity during the reporting period. 

6 Disclosure of staff costs and employee benefits/management remuneration No staff costs or employee benefits were incurred during the reporting period. 

