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

## **From  1-10-2021 Period start date   To 30-9-2022   Period end date Charity name: THE 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 key fundraising activities undertaken<br>during the year were:<br>•<br>Donations<br>•<br>A golf day<br>•<br>The sale of merchandise /chocolate<br>•<br>Summer Ball<br>•<br>Purple Day<br>•<br>Wine tasting event<br>Income from these activities totalled<br>£39,729.41.<br>Costs were incurred during the period in the<br>sum of £26,914.15 which included fees to<br>host a golf day and a summer ball.  In<br>addition merchandise was purchased for|





|||resale, and marketing and administrative<br>costs were also incurred.<br>During the period the Three Bears<br>Foundation continued to maintain its profile,<br>raise awareness about pancreatic cancer<br>and planed fundraising events for future<br>years.|
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|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 have had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit and the notes<br>to the accounts address the areas of<br>disclosure required under the Charities<br>SORP (FRS 102).|



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

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 

## **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 2022 the<br>charity’s fundraising activities included fund<br>raising through the sale of merchandise<br>and a golf day event, wine tasting and a<br>summer ball.  The charity re-introduced<br>providing grants to charities involved in<br>cancer research.<br>Trustees attended regular business<br>networking sessions to increase awareness<br>of the symptoms and impact of cancer.<br>The Three Bears Foundation continued to<br>be the resident Charity of four networking<br>groups and during the period met with<br>approximately 100-150 businesses and<br>individuals during networking sessions.|
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|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 30-09-2022 was cash in the<br>bank in the sum of £25,116.  This was the<br>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>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.|
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|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£25,116|
|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.|



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

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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|
|---|---|
|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** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4|**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|
|5|Nicholas Alexander<br>Stephen|Trustee||Charity Trustees to<br>reappoint|
|6<br>7<br>8|Roxanne Tuohy|Trustee|1-07-2023|Charity Trustees to<br>reappoint|
||Peter James Boxall|Trustee|1-07-2023|Charity Trustees to<br>reappoint|
||Andrew Peter Knowles|Trustee|1-07-2023|Charity Trustees to<br>reappoint|



– 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 Roxanne Tuohy Peter James Boxall Andrew Peter Knowles 

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:<br>Clothing, pens, t-shirts,<br>sweatshirts, caps, beanies,<br>mugs, badges, cufflinks, golf<br>balls and golf brollies|
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets<br>held in this capacity|N/A|
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|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the|N/A|





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)** 

|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**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|||



## **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||
||25-7-2023||
||25-7-2023||






|**THE THREE BEARS FOUNDATION**||**1186954**|||
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|**Receipts and payments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|01-Oct-21<br>**For the period**<br>**from**|**To**|30-Sep-22|||



|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>£39,729.41<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> <br> **39,729**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**39,729**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**39,729**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**39,729**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**39,729**<br>**26,914**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**26,914**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**26,914**<br>**12,815**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Total receipts|£39,729.41|||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**12,854**|
|||||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br> **39,729**|||||**12,854**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**|||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||**-**||**12,854**|
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|<br>Totalpayments|**26,914**||**-**|**-**||**4,986**|
||**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
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||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**26,914**|||||**4,986**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases (see table)**|||||||
|**,**|**-**|||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|||
||**-**||||||
|**_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_**|||||||
|||||**-**||**4,986**|
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||**12,815**|||<br>**-**||**7,868**|
||**-**|||**-**<br>**-**|**-**<br>**12,301**|**-**|
||**12,301**|||||**4,433**|
||**25,116**|||<br>**-**|**25,116**|**12,301**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

30/07/2023 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**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**|Signature<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>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>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**25,116**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**25,116**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**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|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
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||||OK|
||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||S.M.BURN|25/07/2023|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

30/07/2023 

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## **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. 



Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examinat'on. I confimi thal no material matters have come to my attention
in connects'on with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect."
(1) Accounting records were not kept in respect ofthe Trust as wuired by section 130 of the
Act.. or
12) The accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concems and have come a(Yoss no other matters in connectK)n with th8 examinabon
to which attention should be drawn in this rewrt in order lo enable a proper understanding of the
accounts lo be ￿aChed.
SvJn&J
Name.. Hoi Yuen Chan
Relevant professlonal qualthcalion or boty.. FCCA
Address.. York Eco Business Cenlre, Amy Johnson Way. York Y030 4AG
Date.. 30
10712Q23