Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 01/01/2025 Period start date To 31/12/2025 Period end date
Charity name: Creative Packs Cancer Charity
Charity registration number: 1195111
Welcome to our Annual Report for year ending 31 December 2025.
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:
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Handmade and delivered 203 creative packs across nine teenage cancer units in this period. Each creative pack included at least five creative activities for the patient.
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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:
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Provided a total of 203 creative packs to teenage and young adult cancer units located in England and Wales.
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Increased hospital network with the addition of two new hospitals – Leicester Royal Infirmary and University Hospitals Plymouth.
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Supported nurses and Teenage Cancer Trust Youth Support Coordinators across several hospitals with their well-being sessions – which have become very popular across wards – by supplying the creative activities that are then distributed to the teenage cancer patients.
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Hospitals request the packs from the charity – and every request was fulfilled over the year.
One of the trustees and their friend climbed Kilimanjaro to raise funds for the charity.
Some feedback from the nurses and support workers:
“Creative Packs encourage TYA patients to get their creatives juices flowing” Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
“They have arrived! Thanks so much they are great!” Proton Beam Therapy Centre, Manchester
“They have arrived and are already being enjoyed! University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth
“They arrived this afternoon which was great as I had 2 patients who really benefitted from them” The Royal Marsden, Sutton
Two volunteers (one is a trustee) fundraised for Creative Packs Creative Packs Cancer Charity by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
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 2025.
Financial Summary
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This financial summary covers activities and transactions from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Donations received during the year are allocated to non-restricted funds to be used for any of the charitable aims of the charity.
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For the year from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 the charity received an income of £1,917 this was due to donations and Gift Aid received across the period.
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Expenditure incurred by the charity was £2,036; this was to fund the materials & activities for the creative packs, the delivery of the packs to units, marketing materials and the Fundraising Regulator fee.
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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.
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Cash at bank as of 31 December 2025 was £10,604 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 2026.
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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
| 1 2 3 |
Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
27/06/26
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