## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 01/01/2024 **Period start date To** 31/12/2024 **Period end date** **Charity name:** Creative Packs Cancer Charity **Charity registration number:** 1195111 Welcome to our Annual Report for year ending 31 December 2024. ## **Objectives and Activities** The CIO purpose is for the public benefit to relieve the needs of teenagers in England & Wales who are undergoing treatment for cancer – and are in hospital teenage and young adult cancer units – by providing them with creative packs, so that they are stimulated and occupied and can better tolerate their treatment. Hospitals struggle to finance arts & crafts – which we believe are essential for the mental health & wellbeing of young cancer patients in hospital having treatment. There is often a lack of donations to hospitals to support teenagers, whereas for very young patients this is less of a problem. This charity helps to bridge that gap in donations by providing creative activities to teenage and young adult cancer units. ## **Creative Packs Cancer Charity’s key activities and projects:** - Handmade and delivered 225 creative packs across nine teenage cancer units in this period. Each creative pack included at least five creative activities for the patient. - Provided bespoke sensory creative packs for patients who are blind or partially sighted because of their illness. All trustees have read and understood the Charity Commission guidance with regards to public benefit, and all work/projects carried out have been done so in accordance with providing public benefit. ## **Achievements and Performance** Our mission is to provide creative packs to young cancer patients in hospital, who due to their treatment face long periods of isolation. Our mission started during Covid and, due to its incredible impact and the ongoing strong demand for our packs, we are continuing to support patients via teenage and young adult cancer units. We work closely with the medical professionals on the teenage units to deliver the activities which are most beneficial to patients. Key achievements this year include: - Provided creative packs to teenage and young adult cancer units located in England and Wales. - Supplied 225 creative packs. - Supported nurses and Teenage Cancer Trust Youth Support Coordinator with creative activities to distribute to teenage cancer patients, when requested. Every request was fulfilled. Some feedback from the nurses and support workers: “Just sending a huge thank you for the packs, they’re amazing, as always! Will be giving them out to young people on the Unit today”, University Hospital of Wales. “They are FABULOUS! Thank you so much they really do make such a difference to our young people”, Bristol Haematology & Oncology Centre. “Thank you so much for the packs, they arrived this afternoon which was great as I had 2 patients who really benefitted from them”, The Royal Marsden, Sutton. Nurses & support workers receiving the creative packs and raising awareness of the charity at University College Hospital and Queens Medical Centre. ## **Achievements against objectives set** Our key objective for this period was to provide creative packs to teenage cancer units and continue to meet the demand. Back in 2022, we also launched our charity sustainability commitment, outlining the necessary steps we are taking to protect our planet, while delivering on our charity mission. Details about this commitment are on the charity’s website. This commitment was still in place for 2024. ## **Financial Summary** - This financial summary covers activities and transactions from 1 January 2024 to 31 Dec 2024. Donations received during the year are allocated to non-restricted funds to be used for any of the charitable aims of the charity. - For the year from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024 the charity received an income of £1,178, this was due to donations received across the period. - Expenditure incurred by the charity was £2,734; this was to fund the materials & activities for the creative packs, the delivery of the packs to units and marketing materials. - We rely on the kind donations from our supporters, who donate because of the awareness created by word of mouth and organic social posts across Instagram. - Cash at bank as of 31 Dec 2023 was £10,651 in unrestricted funds. The main financial risk to the charity is reduced donations, the charity plans to mitigate the risk by exploring other grants and running fundraising activities across 2024. - The funds in the bank is held to fund the materials & activities for the creative packs, the delivery of the packs and marketing materials. The funds will be utilised to meet any charitable expenditure that may arise in the event of a reduction in funding. ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Type of governing document|CIO foundation model| |---|---| |How is the charity
constituted?|Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions|Appointed by trustees| |Other|Trustees meet on regular bases as required by the
Constitution to discuss matters, chaired by the chairperson.
Minutes are taken by the chair.
All the activities and major risks to the charity are discussed
between trustees to make sure the charity is managed
appropriately.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Creative Packs Cancer Charity| |---|---| |Registered charity number|1195111| |Charity’s principal address|132a Himley Road
Tooting
London
SW17 9AQ| ## **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)**| |---|---|---|---| |1
2
3|Charlotte Murphy|Chair|Appointed 09/07/2021|| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Ellie Cooper||Appointed 09/07/2021|| ||LucyMurphy||Appointed 09/07/2021|| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held None in this capacity ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** CHARLOTTE MURPHY **Full name(s)** **Position (eg** CHAIR **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 05/04/25 CHARITY COAIMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Recei tsand ments accounts CC16a Porlh• P￿0d To 0110112024 311121I)24 Section A Receipts and pa ments un￿LlEd R•5triGtwJ lund5 EndowtllEnt Totd tund5 Lart lothDnD•r••t Oon3knn5 Sub IDtsI(£>DSS InGOrne lorAR) A2 As*tt Inw*tm•nt SAIM (*** tot81 Tt)l&lré¢elpts 97 POELI {*• t*•l•) Tolalpfryments Ph1ofre¢olptslfpoym•ntsl A5 b•tw•Dn luTrd• ¢•th lundx 14st Cash fittjds efyjd . Sectlon B Statement ol a88•ts and Ilabllltl•• at tho end of tho porlod [l•A￿￿o Endtsvim*nt ndi B1 C•$h fi• Tolal cash funds 11651 paymBnt5 Lkn1*￿rfC￿l RMtAct4d fvnd* EndowmAnt toN4r•stE l*in•ar•*l£ wr•rlv4 Details l)Ètdl* B4 AoB•ts retalmd for th Fwdtow*dch Wh•n Detai15 B5 Uablllil•• tVA) trualees al th8 IrLFIo* Dait d akVV