CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the period From 01.01.24 Period start date To 31.12.24 Period end date Charity name: Sir Gareth Edwards Cancer Charity Charity registration number: 1196148 Objectives and Activities SORP ￿ference Summary of the purposes of the charity as sel oul in its governing document Para1.17 To promote and protect the physical and mental health of young people aged 15- 35 in Wales who are currenlly having treatment for Cancer. through the provision of support, financial assistance and ractical advice. The main activities have been as follows 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 1. Raising funds so that grants can be paid to young people aged 15- 35 in Wales (financial assistance). Worrying about finances significantly affects the mental health of young people experiencing Cancer and the purpose of the grants is to help allevlate thls. 2. Interviewing young people who have had a Cancer diagnosis between the ages of 15-35 in Wales and who are now doing well. These interviews are termed the Yellow Deckchair Interviews (purpose is to promote physical and mental health and highlight symptoms within this age group) 3. Collating access to other Cancer charities that can support young people in Wales (signposting, su ort and ractical advice The Trustees confimi that they have had regard to this guidance. Statement confimiing whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit Para 1.18 Additional information (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about= SORP refeten Criteria for grant applications- Para 1.38 Policy on grant making 1. Aged 15-35 2. Must have an address in Wales 3. Must have a Cancer Diagnosis (confirmed by the applicants Oncolo 1st, CNS or Social Worker Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other Achievements and Performance SORP ref￿￿ During 2024 the charities main achievemenls are as follows - Summary of the main achievements of the charity. identifying the difference the charity s work has made to the circumstan￿$ of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. Para 1.20 1. Grants totalling £43,750 paid directly to young people in Wales who are going through Cancer treatment and struggling financially. 175 young people supported. Main issues highlighted are the cost of travel to hospital appointments, paying household bills when on sick pay or self employed and unable to work, buying real hair wigs and paying for childcare. 2. Yellow Deckchair Interviews hlghllght the Issues faced by young people who are diagnosed with Cancer at Ihis age and are accessible for all to watch via the website. 3. Infonnation collated from other relevant charities who are able to support young people with Cancer in different, complimentary ways. Also available and easily accessible on the website. Raising the profile of the charity through speaking at dinners and charity events and therefore highlighting the issues faced by young people aged 1545 in Wales who are going through Cancer treatment. Additional information (optional) You ma choose to include further ststements where relevant about- Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 PerfOMan￿ of fundraising aclivities against objectives sel Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Para 1.41 Other Financial Review Review of the charity's financial position at the end of the period Para 1.21 The Trustees feel that the charity's financial position was healthy at the end of its financial year and sufficient funds are available for the ear to come. The charity needs to keep a reasonable level of cash reserve5 in order to cover any increase in the number of incoming grant applications, new grants, future staffing and an Increase In the current grant amount. Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held Para 1.22 The charity holds designated reserves to cover anticipated grant commitments made to beneficiaries. These funds are set aside to honour the charity's obligations to its beneficiaries and are therefore not available for general use. In the year ending 31st Dec 2025, this level has increased due to: The introduction of a new 'RelapselSecondary Cancer Cancerf grant in early 2025. An increase in the amount given to each individual from £250 to £400 in 2025 (further helping to ease the financial worries of young cancer patients). The introduction of a new'Long Temi Cancer grant, in 2025. Available to young cancer patients who have been having treatment for over 1 year. Amount of reserves held Reasons for holding zero reserves Details of fund materially in deficit Explanation of any Un￿rtaIntieS about the charity continuing as a going concem Para 1 22 £364,888 Para 1.22 Para 1.24 Para 1.23 Additional infomiation (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about.. Principal Sources of Funding - The charity's principal sources of funds {including any fundraising) 1. Welsh Businesses 2. Events 3. Individuals Foundations Para 1.47 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Pard 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the charity Para 1.46 Other Structure, Governance and Management Description of charity's trusts: Type of governing document Para 1.25 Constitution October 13th 2021 How is the charity constituted? -porated Pdra 1.25 cio Truslee selection methods including delails of any constitutional provisions e.g. election lo post or name of any person or body enlitled to appoint one or more trustees Para 1.25 Trustess appointed by vote of the current Trustees Additional information (optional) You ma choose to indude further statements where relevant about- Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Pdra 1.51 The charity's organisational structure and any wider nelwork with which the charity works Par8 1.51 Relationship with any related parties Para 1.51 Other Reference and Administrative details Chari name Other name the chari uses istered chari number Charity's principal address Sir Gareth Edwards Cancer Chari 1196148 54 High Street Llantrisant Rhondda Cynon Taf CF72 8BR Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Datès act•d rf not for T*hol• Trust•• nam• Officè lif any) Nama of ￿r$ON lor body) èntitlad toa olnt truste• If an Sir Gareth Edwards Lady Maureen Edwards Juli Beynon Allys Gronow Jenny Labaton Chair 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Cor orate trustees- names of the directors at the date the re Dlrector name ortwasa roved Name of trustees holding title to propety belonging to the charity Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of Ihe assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalfthe assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity's own assets Additional information (optionall Names and addresses of advisers (Optional inforniation) Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members Ioptional inforn)ation) Eirlys Edwards (CEO) Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-disclosure of ke ersonnel details Other o tional information Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees. report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature{s) Lady M Edwards Full namels) Lady Maureen Edwards Position {eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc) Date 09.09.2025 |**Charity Name**|**No**||| |---|---|---|---| |**Sir Gareth Edwards Cancer Charity**|**1196148**||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |01/01/2024
**For the period**
**from**|31/12/2024
**To**||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**205,047**
**27,082**
**9,368**
**3,797**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**245,294**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**245,294**
**43,750**
**9,965**
**976**
**750**
**8,450**
**940**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**64,831**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**64,831**
**180,463**
**-**
**166,147**
**346,610**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**2,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,622**
**-**
**-**
**1,622**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,622**
**378**
**-**
**17,900**
**18,278**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**205,047**
**27,082**
**11,368**
**3,797**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**247,294**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**247,294**
**43,750**
**9,965**
**976**
**750**
**8,450**
**940**
**1,622**
**-**
**-**
**66,453**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**66,453**
**180,841**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations|**205,047**|||||**113,328**| |FundraisingActivities|**27,082**|||||**40,151**| |Grants|**9,368**|||||**22,475**| |Bank Interest|**3,797**|||||**1,098**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**245,294**|||||**177,052**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**177,052**| |||||||| |Payments to beneficiaries|**43,750**|||||**45,750**| |Cost of fundraisingactivities|**9,965**|||||**1,383**| |Office costs|**976**|||||**112**| |Insurance|**750**|||||**591**| |Promotional expenses|**8,450**|||||**4,723**| |Professional fees|**940**|||||**720**| |Advisoryboard expenses|**-**|||||**1,750**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**64,831**|||||**55,029**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| |Moneyboxes|**-**|||||**498**| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**498**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**55,527**| |||||||| ||**180,463**|**378**|**-**|**180,841**||**121,525**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**166,147**|**17,900**|**-**|**184,047**||**62,522**| ||**346,610**|**18,278**|**-**|**364,888**||**184,047**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 08/09/2025 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
LadyMaureen Edwards
**Details**
**Details**
money boxes
Bank current accounts
Bank deposit account
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**10,493**
**-**
**336,117**
**18,278**
**-**
**-**
**346,610**
**18,278**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
998
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
LadyMaureen Edwards|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| ||LadyMaureen Edwards|LadyMaureen Edwards|09/09/2025| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 08/09/2025 2 **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** |**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**|Sir Gareth Edwards Cancer Charity|Sir Gareth Edwards Cancer Charity|Sir Gareth Edwards Cancer Charity| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||31/12/2024|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1196148| ||||| ||1-2||| I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2024. - **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. ## **Signed:**[Huw Thomas ] **Date:** 09/09/2025 **Name:** Huw Thomas **Relevant professional** FCA **qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Address:** 14 Severn Road Porthcawl CF36 3LW ## **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). 1 **October 2018** **IER** **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **October 2018** **IER**