## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **Period end date** ## **Charity name: Lasting Memories Cancer Trust** ## **Charity registration number: 1193292** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**1) to promote and protect the mental**
**health of sufferers of Cancer of all ages**
**residing in**
**Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and**
**Cambridgeshire through the provision**
**of financial support to fund**
**memorable days out.**
**2) to promote the education (including**
**social and physical training) of people**
**above the age of 18**
**years in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire**
**and Cambridgeshire in such ways as the**
**charity trustees think**
**fit, including by:**
**Awarding to such persons grants or**
**partial grants tenable at any institution**
**of higher or further**
**education in particular providing cancer**
**rehabilitation courses.**
**3) the relief of financial hardship, either**
**generally or individually, of people**
**suffering from**
**cancer and living in Hertfordshire,**
**Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire by**
**making grants of money for providing or**
**paying for items services or facilities**| |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|**Facilitating and funding of memorable**
**days, short respite breaks and trips for**
**service users and their families.**
**The purchase of items or services that**
**will improve the quality of life for those**
**service users facing cancer.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity|Para 1.18|**All Trustees are aware of the guidance**
**relating to public benefit. All Trustees**
**receive a ‘Trustee Pack’ that includes**
**information regarding the**| Commission on public benefit **aforementioned plus general guidance and law relating to Trusteeship** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**On occasion where it is not possible to**
**directly fund a service or item we will**
**issue a beneficiary with a cash grant.**
**This is only agreed if beneficiaries meet**
**the criteria in both our application**
**process and grant giving policy. This**
**policy has been agreed by all Trustees**
**and is available upon request.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We have a team of 4 volunteers that**
**include Graphic Designer, Medical**
**Compliance Officer, Marketing and**
**Social Media Creator. Their contribution**
**has been invaluable and they support**
**day to day operations relating to**
**fundraising and service delivery.**| |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|**From Jan 2022 - Dec 2022 we funded 35**
**families within Bedfordshire,**
**Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire and**
**awarded items or services to the value**
**of £16,896.52.**
**This was a 150% increase of the**
**previous reporting period were we**
**supported 14 families.**
**We received feedback from 10 of the 35**
**beneficiaries. From respondents - On**
**average our services facilitated an**
**improvement in well-being and quality**
**of life to primary service users by 78%.**
**Loved ones (relatives, spouse, carer,**
**etc) were also positively affected as a**
**secondary effect of our funding. On**
**average their well-being improved by**
**51%.**| ***Feedback was obtained using a Likert Scale (quantitative) and a subjective free text summary (qualitative)** **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**We funded 40% more beneficiaries than**
**set out in our agreed objectives. Agreed**
**target was to fund 25 families and we**
**support 35 throughout the reporting**
**period.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We raised 23.5% above our annual**
**fundraising target and achieved this 3**
**months ahead of schedule. We had over**
**600 participants attend our events**
**throughout the year.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**Not applicable**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We generated a 40% increase in income**
**compared to prior year (£21,778 – 2021,**
**£30,885 – 2022) primarily from event**
**sales of approx. £23,000.**
**We funded £16,896.52 worth of**
**item/services for beneficiaries through**
**service delivery.**
**£12,127.55 was spent on activities to**
**raise funds (mainly event costs) with**
**yearly overheads amounting to £2,550**
**Cash at bank at the end of the reporting**
**period was £7,466.60**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Reserves Policy was agreed by The**
**Board on the basis that it’s equivalent to**
**4 month’s running costs. This will be**
**reviewed on an annual basis if running**
**costs change.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£500 held as restricted funds**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not Applicable**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Nil**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None at this time**| ## **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|**Private Donors and community**
**fundraising events.**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Not Applicable**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Trustee capacity, Cost of Living Crisis,**
**Economic downturns, Application**
**demand outweigh funds raised.**
**Threshold for service delivery likely to**
**increase due to cost of living.**| |Other||**Not Applicable**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|**Trust Deed**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Trust**| |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|**There must be at least three (3) trustees.**
**Apart from the first trustees, every**
**trustee must be appointed for a term of**
**1 year by a resolution of the trustees**
**passed at a special meeting under**
**clause 15 of the Trust deed.**
**In selecting individuals for appointment**
**as trustees, the trustees must have**
**regard to the skills, knowledge and**
**experience needed for the effective**
**administration of the charity.**
**Trustees must be aged over 18**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**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|**A copy of the Trust Deed and the**
**charity’s latest report and statement of**
**accounts must be made available to**
**each new trustee**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The Board is organised into three areas**
**of Governance & Compliance,**
**Operations, and Fundraising &**
**Marketing. The Board meets every**
**quarter and is responsible for decision**
**making regarding strategy, finance,**
**recruitment and discusses any complex**
**applications we receive.**
**A management committee made up of**
**volunteers and Chair and Vice-chair**
**meets monthly to discuss day to day**
**activity and actions. The Management**
**Committee is not responsible for key**
**decision making.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**Not Applicable**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Lasting Memories Cancer Trust| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1193292| |Charity’s principal address|130 Walkern Road
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
SG1 3RZ| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Luke Capon|Chair|2019|| ||Jolyon Capon|Vice-Chair|2019|| ||Marie Wimlett|Trustee|2022|| ||Rebecca Savill|Trustee|2019|| ||Jessica Allen|Treasurer|2022|| ||LucyCapon|Secretary|2019|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this **Not Applicable** falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets **Not Applicable** 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**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Luke Capon|Jessica Allen| ||
Chair|Treasurer| ||26/10/23|| ||26/10/23|| ||**Lasting Memories Cancer Trust**
**Annual Account**|**Lasting Memories Cancer Trust**
**Annual Account**|**Lasting Memories Cancer Trust**
**Annual Account**|**Lasting Memories Cancer Trust**
**Annual Account**|**Lasting Memories Cancer Trust**
**Annual Account**||||**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**Receipts and payments accounts**||||||| ||**For the period from**||**01/01/2022**||**To**||**31/12/2022**||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**£ 300.00**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ 2,016.76**
**£ 23,088.80**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ 480.00**
**£ -**
**£ 25,885.56**
**£-**
**£-**
**£ -**
**£ 25,885.56**
**£ -**
**£ 12,127.55**
**£ 711.36**
**£ 1,032.23**
**£ 791.96**
**£ 6,971.74**
**£ 6,374.78**
**£ -**
**£ 15.00**
**£ 28,024.62**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ 28,024.62**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**£-**
**£-**
**£-**
**£ 5,000.00**
**£-**
**£-**
**£-**
**£ 5,000.00**
**£-**
**£-**
**£ -**
**£ 5,000.00**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ 3,550.00**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ 3,550.00**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ 3,550.00**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**£-**
**£-**
**£-**
**£-**
**£-**
**£-**
**£-**
**£ -**
**£-**
**£-**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**£ 300.00**
**£-**
**£-**
**£ 2,016.76**
**£ 23,088.80**
**£ 5,000.00**
**£-**
**£-**
**£ 480.00**
**£-**
**£ 30,885.56**
**£-**
**£-**
**£ -**
**£ 30,885.56**
**£ -**
**£ 12,127.55**
**£ 711.36**
**£ 1,032.23**
**£ 791.96**
**£ 6,971.74**
**£ 6,374.78**
**£ 3,550.00**
**£ -**
**£ 15.00**
**£ 31,574.62**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ 31,574.62**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |CommunityFundraising|**£ 300.00**||||||||**£ 1,529.91**| |Compensation|**£ -**||||||||**£ 300.00**| |Corporate Gift|**£ -**||||||||**£ 565.00**| |Donation|**£ 2,016.76**||||||||**£ 6,993.00**| |Event Sales|**£ 23,088.80**||||||||**£ 17,087.04**| |Grant Funding|**£ -**||||||||**£ 1,000.00**| |Refund|**£ -**||||||||**£ 273.18**| |Refund - Unspent Grant|**£ -**||||||||**£ 448.10**| |Regular Giving|**£ 480.00**||||||||**£ 425.00**| ||**£ -**
||||||||| |~~**_Sub total_**~~~~_(Gross income for AR)_~~|**£ 25,885.56**||||||||**£ 28,621.23**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**|||||||||| |**None**|**£-**||||||||**£-**| ||**£-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_**|**£ -**||||||||**£ -**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**£ 28,621.23**| ||||||||||| |Customer Refund|**£ -**||||||||**£ 135.00**| |Event Costs|**£ 12,127.55**||||||||**£ 9,070.55**| |ICT|**£ 711.36**||||||||**£ 1,180.40**| |Marketing|**£ 1,032.23**||||||||**£ 725.51**| |Overheads|**£ 791.96**||||||||**£ 1,702.43**| |Service Delivery- Benv Fund|**£ 6,971.74**||||||||**£ 5,302.68**| |Service Delivery- Mem Days|**£ 6,374.78**||||||||**£ 2,100.00**| |Fuel Grant|||||||||| |Trainingand Development|**£ -**||||||||**£ 160.00**| |Volunteer Expenses|**£ 15.00**||||||||**£ 89.00**| |**_Sub total_ **|**£ 28,024.62**||||||||**£ 20,465.57**| ||||||||||| |**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_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**£ 20,465.57**| ||||||||||| ||**-£ 2,139.06**||**£ 1,450.00**||**£ -**||**-£ 689.06**||**£ 8,155.66**| ||**£ -**|

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|**£ -**||**£ -**||**£-**| ||**£ 8,155.66**||**£ -**||**£ -**||**£ 8,155.66**||**£ -**| ||**£ 6,016.60**||**£ 1,450.00**||**£ -**||**£ 7,466.60**||**£ 8,155.66**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 27/10/2023 1 ## **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**||| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the**
**trustees**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Signature**
General Fund / Cost of Fundraising
Service Delivery - Benevolent Fund
Service Delivery- Memorable
**_Total cash funds_**
Grant Funding
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**£ 6,016.60**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£-**
**£ -**
**£ 1,450.00**
**£ 6,016.60**
**£ 1,450.00**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**£ -**
Luke Capon
Jessica Allen
**Print Name**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**£ -**| ||||**£ -**| ||||**£-**| ||||**£ -**| ||||**£ -**| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||| ||||**£ -**| ||||**Date of approval**| |||Luke Capon|26/10/2023| |||Jessica Allen|26/10/2023| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 27/10/2023 2 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Lasting Memories Cancer Trust **members of On accounts for the year** 31 December 2022 **Charity no** 1193292 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2022. **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of 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 examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have 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. **Date:** 26/10/2023 **Signed: Name:** Alan Endersby **Relevant professional** ACA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Streets S J Males Limited, Basepoint Business & Innovation Centre, 110 Butterfield, Luton LU2 8DL **October 2018** 1 **IER** ## **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). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . None. **October 2018** 2 **IER**