## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
From: 1 April 2023 To: 31 March 2024
**Charity name:** The Battle Cancer Program **Other name the charity uses:** The BCP **Charity registration number:** 1193909
## **Objectives and Activities**
## **Charitable purposes (as set out in the governing document)**
The preservation and promotion of good health by providing tailored functional fitness programs and peer-to-peer community support for individuals in any part of the world affected by ill-health, in particular but not limited to those who have had cancer treatment, as a path to rebuilding physical and mental strength.
## **Main activities in relation to these purposes for the public benefit**
In 2023/24, the charity delivered free 12-week fitness programmes across gyms in the UK and abroad, supporting people affected by cancer to rebuild physical health, regain confidence, and connect with supportive communities.
## **Public benefit statement**
The trustees confirm that they have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit when planning activities and setting the charity’s objectives.
## **Policy on grant making**
We have no policy on grant making.
## **Policy on social investment**
We have no policy on social investment.
## **Contribution made by volunteers**
Volunteers play a vital role in promoting the charity at events, supporting programme delivery in gyms, and assisting with fundraising activities. Their contribution continues to reduce costs and increase impact.
## **Achievements and Performance**
During the year, the charity:
- Delivered its 12-week functional fitness programmes in multiple gym locations, reaching participants affected by cancer and supporting their physical and emotional recovery.
- Enabled more than 100 individuals to take part in structured exercise and community support, continuing to grow reach and consistency.
## **Achievements against objectives**
We have continued to deliver programmes across more than a dozen locations, supporting well over 100 participants during the year.
## **Performance of fundraising activities**
Fundraising has remained challenging in the wider charity sector, but the charity successfully
raised over £74,000 in donations and legacies. Public fundraising, personal challenges, and partnerships with headline sponsors (Nike, Whoop, Tenzing, Moju) remain crucial income streams.
## **Investment performance**
The charity does not hold investments. Income has been directed towards coach payments, programme delivery, and promotion to ensure impact is maximised.
## **Financial Review**
## **Financial position**
Total income for the year was £73,864.11, mainly from donations and legacies. Expenditure totalled £61,586.21. The year closed with a net surplus of £12,277.90, leaving the charity in a positive financial position.
## **Reserves policy**
Reserves are held to protect against a future drop in fundraising and to provide financial stability in uncertain times.
## **Reserves held**
At year end, reserves stood at £60,785.01. The reduction reflects increased programme and staffing costs in 2023/24 as the charity continued to expand delivery and invest in capacity. Charities aim is to keep the reserves above the equivalent to at least three months of operating expenditure.
## **Going concern**
The trustees have no material concerns about the charity continuing as a going concern. Future fundraising remains the main challenge, but diversification of income and sponsor relationships are helping to mitigate this.
## **Principal sources of funds**
- Public fundraising through personal and team challenges
- Donations and legacies
- Sponsorship from corporate partners
## **Principal risks**
The greatest risks are reductions in fundraising income and rising operational costs. The trustees continue to manage these risks by diversifying income, pursuing corporate partnerships, and closely monitoring expenditure.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
## **Governing document**
The charity is governed by its constitution.
## **Constitution**
The Battle Cancer Program is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
## **Trustee appointment**
There was no change in trustees during the year. Trustees are appointed under the terms of the constitution.
## **Induction and training of trustees**
No formal induction or training policy is in place, though trustees are supported through regular meetings and guidance on roles and responsibilities.
## **Organisational structure**
The Board of Trustees is supported by staff, programme coaches, and volunteers. Committees meet quarterly to oversee finance and fundraising, staffing and volunteers, and programme review.
## **Reference and Administrative Details**
**Charity name:** The Battle Cancer Program **Other name:** The BCP **Registered charity number:** 1193909 **Principal address:** Move Forward Gym Unit 1–3 Finnimore Industrial Estate Ottery St Mary EX11 NR
## **Trustees during the year:**
- Scott Britton – Director
- Freya Britton – Trustee
- Turlough Adley – Trustee
- James Dollar – Trustee
- Hywel Thomas – Trustee
- Robert Rich – Trustee
## **Declarations**
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Signature: __________________________ Full name: _________________________ Position: Date: _____________________________
Registration number: 1193909
## The Battle Cancer Program
Annual Report and Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Kneeshaws Chartered Accountants Fourth Floor St James House St James's Row Burnley Lancashire BB11 1DR
## **The Battle Cancer Program**
## **Contents**
|Company Information|1|
|---|---|
|Profit and Loss Account and Statement of Retained Earnings|2|
|Balance Sheet|3|
|Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements|4 to 6|
|Detailed Profit and Loss Account|7 to 8|
## **The Battle Cancer Program**
## **Company Information**
**Chairman** Mr S Britton **Registered office** 1-3 Finnimore Industrial Estate Ottery St Mary EX11 1NR **Accountants** Kneeshaws Chartered Accountants Fourth Floor St James House St James's Row Burnley Lancashire BB11 1DR
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## **The Battle Cancer Program**
## **Profit and Loss Account and Statement of Retained Earnings for the Year Ended 31 March 2024**
|**Note**
Turnover
Cost of sales
Gross profit
Administrative expenses
Operating profit/(loss)
Profit/(loss) before tax
4
Profit/(loss) for the financial year
Retained earnings brought forward
Retained earnings carried forward|**2024**
**£**
89,875
(9,872)
80,003
(55,101)
24,902
24,902
24,902
60,979
85,881|**2023**
**£**
68,611
(20,303)|
|---|---|---|
|||48,308
(74,750)|
|||(26,442)|
|||(26,442)|
|||(26,442)
87,421|
|||60,979|
The notes on pages 4 to 6 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 2
## **The Battle Cancer Program**
## **(Registration number: 1193909) Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024**
|**Note**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
5
**Current assets**
Stocks
6
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors**: Amounts falling due within one year
7
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
**Capital and reserves**
Retained earnings
Shareholders' funds|**2024**
**£**
4,432
17,277
73,217
90,494
(9,045)
81,449
85,881
85,881
85,881|**2023**
**£**
3,969
16,510
48,778|
|---|---|---|
|||65,288
(8,278)|
|||57,010|
|||60,979|
|||60,979|
|||60,979|
For the financial year ending 31 March 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Directors' responsibilities:
- The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and
- The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime and FRS 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard Applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’.
Approved and authorised by the Board on 17 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
......................................... Mr S Britton Chairman
The notes on pages 4 to 6 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 3
## **The Battle Cancer Program**
## **Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024**
## **1 General information**
The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.
The address of its registered office is: 1-3 Finnimore Industrial Estate Ottery St Mary EX11 1NR
These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 17 December 2025.
## **2 Accounting policies**
## **Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates**
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
## **Statement of compliance**
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).
## **Basis of preparation**
These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.
## **Revenue recognition**
Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.
The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured; it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.
## **Tangible assets**
Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.
## **Depreciation**
Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:
## **Asset class**
Office equipment
## **Depreciation method and rate**
25% per annum reducing balance basis
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## **The Battle Cancer Program**
## **Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024**
## **Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
## **Stocks**
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.
The cost of finished goods and work in progress comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.
## **Trade creditors**
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.
Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## **Defined contribution pension obligation**
A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.
Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.
## **3 Staff numbers**
The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 2 (2023 - 2).
## **4 Profit/loss before tax**
Arrived at after charging/(crediting)
|Depreciation expense|**2024**
**£**
1,198|**2023**
**£**
833|
|---|---|---|
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## **The Battle Cancer Program**
## **Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024**
## **5 Tangible assets**
|**Cost**
At 1 April 2023
Additions
At 31 March 2024
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2023
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2024
**Net book value**
At 31 March 2024
At 31 March 2023
**6**
**Stocks**
Stock
**7**
**Creditors**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
**Due within one year**
Taxation and social security
Accruals and deferred income
Other creditors||**Office**
**equipment**
**£**
5,028
1,662||**Total**
**£**
5,028
1,662
6,690
1,059
1,199
2,258
4,432
3,969
**2023**
**£**
16,510|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||6,690|||
|||1,059
1,199|||
|||2,258|||
|||4,432|||
|||3,969|||
|||**2024**
**£**
17,277
**2024**
**£**
2,205
840
6,000
9,045|||
|||||**2023**
**£**
2,277
-
6,001|
|||||8,278|
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## **The Battle Cancer Program**
## **Detailed Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 March 2024**
|Turnover (analysed below)
Cost of sales (analysed below)
Gross profit
Gross profit (%)
**Administrative expenses**
Employment costs (analysed below)
Establishment costs (analysed below)
General administrative expenses (analysed below)
Finance charges (analysed below)
Depreciation costs (analysed below)
Operating profit/(loss)
Profit/(loss) before tax|**2024**
**£**
89,875
(9,872)
80,003
89.02%
(39,260)
(2,750)
(11,833)
(60)
(1,198)
(55,101)
24,902
24,902|**2023**
**£**
68,611
(20,303)|
|---|---|---|
|||48,308|
|||70.41%
(38,033)
(2,892)
(32,840)
(152)
(833)|
|||(74,750)|
|||(26,442)|
|||(26,442)|
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## **The Battle Cancer Program**
## **Detailed Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 March 2024**
|**Turnover**
Donations and legacies
**Cost of sales**
Opening raw materials
Direct costs
Closing raw materials
**Employment costs**
Wages and salaries (excluding directors)
Staff NIC (Employers)
Staff pensions (Defined contribution)
Program coach
**Establishment costs**
Equipment rental
Rent
**General administrative expenses**
Computer software and maintenance costs
Printing, postage and stationery
Trade subscriptions
Sundry expenses
Travel and subsistence
Advertising
Accountancy fees
Consultancy fees
**Finance charges**
Bank charges
**Depreciation costs**
Depreciation of office equipment (owned)|**2024**
**£**
89,875
16,510
10,639
(17,277)
9,872
30,595
2,471
622
5,572
39,260
-
2,750
2,750
70
290
273
515
2,682
4,834
840
2,329
11,833
60
1,198|**2023**
**£**
68,611|
|---|---|---|
|||2,237
34,576
(16,510)|
|||20,303|
|||26,858
2,269
348
8,558|
|||38,033|
|||1,392
1,500|
|||2,892|
|||56
463
249
418
8,360
4,315
840
18,139|
|||32,840|
|||152|
|||833|
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the tru$teesl
members of
The Battle Cancer Program
On accounts for the year
ended
3181 March 2024
Charity no
(if any)
1193909
Sot out on pages
1 to8
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ('Ihe Trust") for the year ended 3110312024.
Responsibilities and As the charity Iruslees 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 Direcllons given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)Ib) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connection with
the examination which gives me cause lo believe that in, any material
respect..
accounting records wer8 not kept in accordance wlth section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examiner's statement
I have no concerns and have come across no other mattors in connection
with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached.
Please delete fhe words in the brackets if they do nol apply.
Signed:
Date:
Andrew James Davies
Relevant professional
qualificationls) or body
{If any):
BFP FCA (ICAEW)
Address:
Fourth Floor Sl James House
St James's Row
Bumley BB11 1DR
IER
October 2018
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight mallers of concern {see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts.. dir8Ctions and guidance for
examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018