## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1-10-2022 Period start date To 30-9-2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: THE THREE BEARS FOUNDATION** ## **Charity registration number: 1186954** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The object of the three bears foundation is:
The advancement of health and the saving of
lives of people with cancer in particular but not
limited to people with pancreatic cancer.
The above object will be achieved by such
means as the Charity Trustees see fit from
time to time and may include, but shall not be
limited to:
(i)
making grants to groups or service
providers working with individual
families & groups living with a
diagnosis of cancer. and
(ii)
provide grants to charities involved
in cancer research.
(iii)
Raising awareness of the
symptoms and impact of cancer.| |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|The key fundraising activities undertaken
during the year were:
•
Donations
•
The sale of merchandise
•
Winter Ball
•
Wine tasting event
•
Yorkshire Three Peaks
•
Summer Purple Day
•
National Three Peaks
•
York Medical Society Open Weekend
•
A golf day
Income from these activities totalled
£27,141.94.
Costs were incurred during the period in the
sum of £37,507.30 which included fees to host
a golf day and a winter ball. Merchandise was| |||purchased for resale, and marketing and
administrative costs were also incurred.
A donation of £20,000 was made during the
period to York Against Cancer.
The Three Bears Foundation continued to
maintain its profile, raise awareness about
pancreatic cancer and planed fundraising
events for future years and Distributed 16k
flyers to households in York.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity Commission on public
benefit and the notes to the accounts address
the areas of disclosure required under the
Charities 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
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|In the period ended September 2023 the
charity’s fundraising activities included fund
raising through the sale of merchandise
and a golf day event, wine tasting and a
summer ball. The charity re-introduced
providing grants to charities involved in
cancer research.
Distribution of flyers to households in York
helped to increase awareness.
In February 2023 we agreed to fund the
creation, decorating and furnishing of the
new family room at the York Against
Cancer Care Centre. The total budget for
this was £35k of which £20k was
immediately donated and the balance of
£15k was generated through direct
sponsorship to York Against Cancer by
direct fund raising from the National Three
Peaks. The £15k was raised by Sept 2023.
Trustees attended regular business
networking sessions to increase awareness
of the symptoms and impact of cancer.
The Three Bears Foundation continued to
be the resident Charity of four networking
groups and during the period met with
approximately 100-150 businesses and
individuals during networking sessions.| |---|---|---| **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 Three Bears Foundation financial
position at 30-09-2023 was cash in the
bank in the sum of £14,750.68. This was
the Charity’s free reserves.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Charity currently holds free reserves
for:
•
Cessation reserve - to ensure that
all liabilities can be discharged in
the event of the charity’s closure.
•
Working capital reserve - to provide
working capital in the event that
expenditure is needed ahead of
income being received.
•
Opportunity reserve - to provide
funding for new initiatives or
opportunities.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£14,750.68| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |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|‘Foundation’ Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|The Three Bears Foundation is a
Charitable Incorporated Organisation.| |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|Apart from the first Charity Trustees, every
trustee must be appointed for a term of
three years by a resolution passed at a
properly convened meeting of the Charity
Trustee.| ## **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** |Charity name|Three Bears Foundation| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1186954| |Charity’s principal address|21 SIM BALK LANE
BISHOPTHORPE
YORK
YO23 2QH| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |





|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Christopher James Burn|Chair||Charity Trustees to
reappoint| ||Joseph Peter Swales|Trustee||Charity Trustees to
reappoint| ||Stephen Mark Burn|Trustee||Charity Trustees to
reappoint| ||Emma May Eleanor
Hargreaves|Trustee||Charity Trustees to
reappoint| ||Roxanne Tuohy|Trustee||Charity Trustees to
reappoint| ||Peter James Boxall|Trustee||Charity Trustees to
reappoint| ||Andrew Peter Knowles|Trustee||Charity Trustees to
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 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 **|| |---|---|---| |Stephen Mark Burn||Merchandise stock:| |||Clothing, pens, t-shirts,| |||sweatshirts, caps, beanies,| |||mugs, badges, cufflinks, golf| |||balls and golf brollies| ## **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)** |**Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |**N/A**|N/A|N/A| |||| **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) Full name(s)** Stephen Mark Burn **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 12-7-2024 ||**THE THREE BEARS FOUNDATION**|**THE THREE BEARS FOUNDATION**|**THE THREE BEARS FOUNDATION**|**1186954**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Receipts and payments accounts**||||| ||
**For the period**
**from**|
01-Oct-22|
**To**|
30-Sep-23|| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |
Total receipts|£27,141.92|**-**|**-**|**27,142**|£39,729.41| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|

**27,142**|**-**|**-**|**27,142**|**39,729**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**|
**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||| ||**27,142**|**-**|**-**|**27,142**|**39,729**| ||||||| |
Totalpayments|37507.28|**-**|**-**|**37,507**|**26,914**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**37,507**|**-**|**-**|**37,507**|**26,914**| ||||||| |**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_**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||**37,507**|**-**|**-**|**37,507**|**26,914**| ||||||| ||**-**
**10,365**|**-**|
**-**|
**-**
**10,365**|**12,815**| ||**-**|**-**|
**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**25,116**|**-**|**-**|**25,116**|**12,301**| ||**14,751**|**-**|
**-**|
**14,751**|**25,116**| |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**|**the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||Cash at Bank|**14,751**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**14,751**|**-**|**-**| |||OK|OK|OK| |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||Signature|Print|Name|Date of
approval| |||S.M.|BURN|12/07/2024| |||||| ||1|||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 05/07/2024 ## **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 Confi￿ that no malenal matters have come to my attention in connectson Imth the examination giving me cause lo believe that in any material respect". {11 Ac¢ounbrKJ re¢ords were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act., or 121 The accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concems and have come auoss no other matters in connects.on wth the examination lo which attention should be drawn in Ihls report in order to enable a proFer understanding of the accounts to be reaGhed. Signed Name.. Hoi Yuen Chan Rèlevant professional qualtficatson or boty.. FCCA Address.. York Eco Business Centre, Amy Johnson Way. Yorf( Y030 4AG Date.. 1210712024