## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From: January 01[st] 2023 To December 31[st] 2023**
**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
Commission on public
benefit|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**
**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|**Not applicable**|
|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||**Not applicable**|
## **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 2023 - Dec 2023 we funded 25**
**families within Bedfordshire,**
**Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire and**
**awarded items or services to the value**
**of £11,460.**
**This was a 28% decrease of the**
**previous reporting period but**
**consistent with our forecasts and still**
**satisfied our agreed targets.**
**We received feedback from 10 of the 25**
**beneficiaries. From respondents - On**
**average our services facilitated an**
**improvement in well-being and quality**
**of life to primary service users by 68%.**
**Loved ones (relatives, spouse, carer,**
**etc) were also positively affected as a**
**secondary effect of our funding. On**
**average their well-being improved by**
**56%.**
*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|**Our agreed target to support 25 families**
**in our local catchment was met to the**
**exact figure by year end.**|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We raised 18% above our annual**
**fundraising target. We had over 300**
**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|**Our income showed a 4% decrease**
**compared to prior year (£30,885 – 2022).**
**Our primary income source was from**
**event sales of approx. £27,234.**
**We funded £11,460 worth of**
**item/services for beneficiaries through**
**service delivery.**
**£13,650 was spent on activities to raise**
**funds (mainly event costs) with yearly**
**overheads amounting to £2,925**
**Cash at bank at the end of the reporting**
**period was £7,158.**|
|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|**Not applicable**|
|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|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|**Trust deed**|
|How is the charity
constituted?|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 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|
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|1
2
3
4
5
6
7|**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 **Not applicable**
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)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser**|||
**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)** Luke Capon Jessica Allen **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair of Trustees Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 10/10/2024 10/10/2024
|**Lasting Memories Cancer Trust**|**Lasting Memories Cancer Trust**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Annual Account**|||||
||**Receipts and payments accounts**|||**CC16a**|
|**For the period from**|**01/01/2023**|**To**|**31/12/2023**||
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|CCXX R|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**£ 956.63**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ 784.87**
**£ 27,324.75**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ 480.00**
**£ 29,546.25**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ 29,546.25**
**£ -**
**£ 13,649.79**
**£ 319.87**
**£ 231.98**
**£ 2,925.35**
**£ 2,346.97**
**£ 5,846.45**
**£ 903.00**
**£ 636.46**
**£ 2,950.00**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
1|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**£ 956.63**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ 784.87**
**£ 27,324.75**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ 480.00**
**£ -**
**£ 29,546.25**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ 29,546.25**
**£ -**
**£ 13,649.79**
**£ 319.87**
**£ 231.98**
**£ 2,925.35**
**£ 2,346.97**
**£ 5,846.45**
**£ 903.00**
**£ 636.46**
**£ 2,950.00**|**Last year**
**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**
10/10/2024|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||CommunityFundraising|**£ 956.63**|||||
||Compensation|**£ -**|||||
||Corporate Gift|**£ -**|||||
||Donation|**£ 784.87**|||||
||Event Sales|**£ 27,324.75**|||||
||Grant Funding||||||
||Refund|**£ -**|||||
||Refund - Unspent Grant|**£ -**|||||
||Regular Giving|**£ 480.00**|||||
||||||||
||**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**£ 29,546.25**|||||
||||||||
||**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**||||||
||**None**|**£ -**|||||
|||**£ -**|||||
||**_Sub total_**|**£ -**|||||
||**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||
||Customer Refund|**£ -**|**£ -**|**£ -**|**£ -**|**£ -**|
||Event Costs|**£ 13,649.79**|**£ -**|**£ -**|**£ 13,649.79**|**£ 12,127.55**|
||ICT|**£ 319.87**|**£ -**|**£ -**|**£ 319.87**|**£ 711.36**|
||Marketing|**£ 231.98**|**£ -**|**£ -**|**£ 231.98**|**£ 1,032.23**|
||Overheads|**£ 2,925.35**|**£ -**|**£ -**|**£ 2,925.35**|**£ 791.96**|
||Service Delivery- Benv Fund|**£ 2,346.97**|**£ -**|**£ -**|**£ 2,346.97**|**£ 6,971.74**|
||Service Delivery- Mem Days|**£ 5,846.45**|**£ -**|**£ -**|**£ 5,846.45**|**£ 6,374.78**|
||WellbeingFund|**£ 903.00**|**£ -**|**£ -**|**£ 903.00**||
||WellbeingPacks|**£ 636.46**|**£ -**|**£ -**|**£ 636.46**||
||Fuel Grant
1 accounts (SS)|**£ 2,950.00**|**£ -**
1|**£ -**|**£ 2,950.00**|**£ 3,550.00**
10|
|Trainingand Development|**£ -**||**£ -**||**£ -**||**£ -**||**£ -**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Volunteer Expenses|**£ 44.99**||**£ -**||**£ -**||**£ 44.99**||**£ 15.00**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**£ 29,854.86**||**£ -**||**£ -**||**£ 29,854.86**||**£ 31,574.62**|
|||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investmentpurchases, (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_**||||||||||
||||||||||**£ 31,574.62**|
|||||||||||
||**-£ 308.61**||||||||**-£ 689.06**|
||**£ -**||||||||**£ -**|
||**£ 7,466.60**||||||||**£ 8,155.66**|
||**£ 7,157.99**||||||||**£ 7,466.60**|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
10/10/2024
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
Reserves
General Fund / Cost of Fundraising
Service Delivery - Benevolent Fund
Service Delivery - Memorable
~~Days/Trips~~
**_Total cash funds_**
Grant Funding
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**£ 7,157.99**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ 7,157.99**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**£ 500.00**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**£ -**
**£ -**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**£ -**|
|||||**£ -**|
|||||**£ -**|
|||||**£ -**|
|||||**£ -**|
|||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||Reserves|**£ 500.00**|**£ -**|**£ -**|
||||**£ -**|**£ -**|
**Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees**
## **Signature**
|Luke Capon
Jessica Allen
**Print Name**|**Date of approval**|
|---|---|
|Luke Capon|10/06/2024|
|Jessica Allen|10/06/2024|
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
10/10/2024
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## **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 2023 **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.
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Date: 16/08/2024
Signed:
Name: Alan Endersby
Relevant professional FCA
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Address: Streets S J Males Limited, Basepoint Business & Innovation Centre,
110 Butterfield, Luton LU2 8DL
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**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**