## **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.**| |||**The distribution of wellbeing cancer**
**care packs to beneficiaries.**| |---|---|---| |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|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We have a team of 2 volunteers that**
**include Graphic Designer & Medical**
**Compliance Officer. 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 2024 - Dec 2024 we funded**
**and supported 16 families within**
**Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and**
**Hertfordshire and awarded items or**
**services to the value of £18,446.**
**This was a decrease of the previous**
**year however this was factored in to our**
**financial forecasting and in-line with our**
**targets and objectives.**| |---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**We were just over our agreed target to**
**fund and support 15 families through a**
**range of our services throughout the**
**reporting period.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We raised 19.4% above our annual**
**fundraising target however this was**
**largely due to a £12,000 and £2,000**
**award from grant giving organisations.**
**We had over 500 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|**Income was flat year on year (£29,546 –**
**2023 - £29,587 2024) primarily from**
**event sales and charitable grant awards.**
**We funded £18,446. worth of**
**item/services for beneficiaries through**
**service delivery.**
**Approx £14,600 was spent on activities**
**to raise funds (mainly event costs) with**
**yearly overheads amounting to £2,174**
**Cash at bank at the end of the reporting**
**period was £1,351.**| |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|69 High Street
Wilden
Bedfordshire
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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 (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Luke Capon|Chair|2019|| ||Jolyon Capon|Vice-Chair|2019|| ||Marie Wimlett|Trustee|2022|| ||Jessica Allen|Treasurer|2022|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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| ||15/10/2025|| ||15/10/2025|| |CCXX R||**Lasting Memories Cancer Trust**
**Annual Account**|**Lasting Memories Cancer Trust**
**Annual Account**|**Lasting Memories Cancer Trust**
**Annual Account**|**Lasting Memories Cancer Trust**
**Annual Account**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**Receipts and payments accounts**||||||| |||**For the period from**|**01/01/2024**||**To**||**31/12/2024**||| ||||||||||| ||**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||| ||**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ 6,095.24**
**£ 8,822.34**
**£ 671.31**
**£ 24.82**
**£ 230.00**
**£ -**
**£ 15,843.71**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ 15,843.71**
**£ -**
**£ 14,285.93**
**£ 325.66**
**£ 343.75**
**£ 2,174.12**
**£ 12,770.94**
**£ 4,307.00**
**£ -**
**£ 1,369.58**
**£ -**
**£ -**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||| ||CommunityFundraising|**£ -**|||||**£ -**||**£ 956.63**| ||Compensation|**£ -**|||||**£ -**||**£ -**| ||Corporate Gift|**£ -**|**£ -**||**£ -**||**£ -**||**£ -**| ||Donation|**£ 6,095.24**|**£ -**||**£ -**||**£ 6,095.24**||**£ 784.87**| ||Event Sales|**£ 8,822.34**|**£ -**||**£ -**||**£ 8,822.34**||**£ 27,324.75**| ||Grant Funding||**£ 14,014.00**||**£ -**||**£ 14,014.00**||**£ -**| ||Hamper Sales|**£ 671.31**|**£ -**||**£ -**||**£ 671.31**||**£ -**| ||Cashback|**£ 24.82**|**£ -**||**£ -**||**£ 24.82**||**£ -**| ||Regular Giving|**£ 230.00**|||||**£ 230.00**||**£ 480.00**| ||WellbeingFund|**£ -**|**£ -**||**£ -**||**£ -**||| ||**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**£ 15,843.71**|**£ 14,014.00**||**£ -**||**£ 29,857.71**||**£ 29,546.25**| ||||||||||| ||**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**||||||||| ||**None**|**£ -**|||||||| |||**£ -**|||||||| ||**_Sub total_**|**£ -**|||||||| ||**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||||| ||Customer Refund|**£ -**|**£ -**||||||| ||Event Costs|**£ 14,285.93**|**£ -**||||||| ||ICT|**£ 325.66**|**£ -**||||||| ||Marketing|**£ 343.75**|**£ -**||||||| ||Overheads|**£ 2,174.12**|**£ -**||||||| ||Service Delivery- Benv Fund|**£ 12,770.94**|**£ -**||||||| ||Service Delivery- Mem Days|**£ 4,307.00**|**£ -**||||||| ||WellbeingFund|**£ -**|**£ -**||||||| ||WellbeingPacks|**£ 1,369.58**|**£ -**||||||| ||Fuel Grant|**£ -**|**£ -**||||||| ||Trainingand Development
1 accounts(SS)|**£ -**|**£ -**
1||||||| |Volunteer Expenses|**£ 87.15**||**£ -**||**£ -**||**£ 87.15**||**£ 44.99**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**_Sub total_ **|**£ 35,664.13**||**£ -**||**£ -**||**£ 35,664.13**||**£ 29,854.86**| ||||||||||| |**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_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**£ 29,854.86**| ||||||||||| ||**-£ 19,820.42**||||||||**-£ 308.61**| ||**£ -**||||||||**£ -**| ||**£ 7,157.99**||||||||**£ 7,466.60**| ||**-£ 12,662.43**||||||||**£ 7,157.99**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 15/10/2025 2 |**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**
**B1 Cash funds**|General Fund / Cost of Fundraising
Service Delivery - Benevolent Fund
Service Delivery - Memorable
~~Days/Trips~~
**_Total cash funds_**
Grant Funding
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**£ -**
**£ -**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||**£ -**| |||||**£ -**| |||||**£ -**| |||||**£ -**| |||||**£ -**| |||||| ||**Details**
Reserves|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**£ 500.00**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**£ -**
**£ -**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||Reserves|**£ 500.00**|**£ -**|**£ -**| ||||**£ -**|**£ -**| ||**Signature**|Luke Capon
Jessica Allen
**Print Name**||**Date of approval**| |||Luke Capon||15/10/2025| |||Jessica Allen||15/10/2025| |||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||**funds**||||**funds**| ||**Details**|||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| ||Reserves|||**£ 500.00**||**£ -**||**£ -**| |||||||**£ -**||**£ -**| |||**Signature**||**Print Name**||||**Date of approval**| |||||Luke Capon||||15/10/2025| |||||Jessica Allen||||| |||||||||15/10/2025| **Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees** CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 15/10/2025 3 ## **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 2024 **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. **----- Start of picture text -----**
Date: 13/10/2025
Signed:
Name: Alan Endersby
Relevant professional FCA
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Address: Streets S J Males Limited, Suite B1, 210 Butterfield, Great Marlings,
Luton LU2 8DL
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1 **October 2018** **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. 2 **October 2018** **IER**